查词 - lost

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CANNOT FIND YOUR WAY

找不到路

if you are lost, you do not know where you are and are unable to find your way somewhere 迷路的

‘Are you lost?’ the driver asked.

“你迷路了吗？”司机问道。

I got thoroughly lost on the way here.

我在来这里的路上完全迷了路。

a lost child

一个走失的孩子

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CANNOT BE FOUND

找不到

if something is lost, you had it but cannot find now 丢失的，遗失的;

two boys searching for a lost ball

在寻找一个丢失的球的两个男孩

The letter never arrived. It must have got lost in the post.

信一直没有收到，肯定是在邮递的过程中弄丢了。

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WASTED

浪费的

a. lost time or opportunities have not been used in the way that would have given you the greatest advantage b. sales, business etc that you could have had but did not 损失的销售额/生意/收入等

It’ll be impossible to make up the lost time.

失去的时间不可追回。

They didn’t change the voting system when they had the chance and now the opportunity has been lost.

他们曾有机会改革投票制度却没有改，现在机会错过了。

The strike has cost the company £2 million in lost revenue.

这次罢工给公司收入造成 200 万英镑的损失。

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feel/be lost

to not feel confident about what to do or how to behave 迷惘，困惑，不知所措

It’s not unusual to feel rather lost when you first start college.

刚上大学感到迷惘并不奇怪。

She’s a great friend and I’d be lost without her.

她是一个很不错的朋友，没有她我就会茫然无措。

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Get lost!

used to rudely tell someone to go away or to stop annoying you [口] 走开！滚开！ spoken

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NOT NOTICING

没有注意到

thinking so hard about something, or being so interested in something, that you do not notice what is happening around you 全神贯注的 not before noun 不用于名词前

[+ in ]

Harry just stood there, lost in thought .

哈里就站在那里，陷入沉思之中。

Amy lay on her bed, totally lost in her book.

埃米躺在床上，专心致志地看书。

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get lost (in sth)

to be forgotten or not noticed in a complicated process or in a busy time 〔在复杂的过程或忙碌中〕被遗忘（忽略）

It’s easy for your main points to get lost in a long speech.

在长篇演说中容易偏离要点。

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NOT UNDERSTAND

不理解

to be completely confused by a complicated explanation 〔被复杂的解释〕弄糊涂

‘Do you understand what I mean?’ ‘Not really. I’m a bit lost.’

“你明白我的意思吗？”“不很明白，我有点糊涂了。”

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be lost on sb

if something is lost on someone, they do not understand or want to accept it 为某人所不理解（不接受）

The joke was completely lost on Chris.

这个笑话克里斯一点也没有听懂。

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be lost for words

10. to be unable to say anything because you are very surprised, upset etc 〔因非常惊讶、难过等〕说不出话来，不知说什么才好

For once in her life, she was lost for words.

她平生就这一回不知道该说什么好。

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NOT EXISTING

不存在的

that no longer exists or that you no longer have 不复存在的; 不再拥有的 only before noun 仅用于名词前

the relics of a lost civilization

一个失落文明的遗迹

She wept for her broken dreams and lost youth.

她为自己破碎的梦和逝去的青春而哭泣。

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lost cause

12. something that has no chance of succeeding 注定失败的事

Trying to interest my son in classical music is a lost cause.

让我儿子对古典音乐产生兴趣是不可能的事。

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lost soul

13. someone who does not seem to know where they are or what to do – often used humorously 失魂落魄者; 茫然若失的人〔常为幽默用法〕