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IELTS BNC: 649 COCA: 788

loss

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loss /lɒs $ lɒːs/ ●●● S2 W1 noun  
1  [countableC, uncountableU]LOSE/NOT HAVE ANYMORE the fact of no longer having something, or of having less of it than you used to have, or the process by which this happens 失去，丧失
loss of
 The court awarded Ms Dixon £7,000 for damages and loss of earnings.
法院判给狄克逊女士7,000英镑，赔偿她所受的损害和收入损失。
 a disease which causes fever and a loss of appetite
引起发烧和食欲不振的一种疾病
 This did not explain his apparent loss of interest in his wife.
这不能解释他为什么明显对妻子失去了兴趣。
 her loss of confidence in herself
她对自己信心的丧失
 a certain feeling of loss of control
一种失去控制的感觉
 a temporary loss of memory
暂时的失忆
 The animal was weak through loss of blood.
这个动物因为失血而身体虚弱。
 The company is closing down two of its factories, leading to 430 job losses.
公司要关闭其中的两家工厂，这将造成430人失业。
 Weight loss should be gradual.
减肥应该循序渐进。
 a type of hearing loss that affects language development
一种会影响语言能力发展的听力丧失
2  [countableC, uncountableU]BBMONEY if a business makes a loss, it spends more than it earns 亏损，损失
 The company made a loss of $250,000 last year.
公司去年亏损了25万美元。
 The magazine’s losses totaled almost $5 million.
这家杂志一共损失了将近500万美元。
 profit and loss
盈亏
run/operate etc at a loss (=to earn less money from something you sell than it costs you to produce it) 亏本经营
 Two of the mines are running at a loss.
其中两个矿在亏本经营。
 a loss-making rural railway
亏损经营的乡村铁路线
3  [countableC, uncountableU]DIE the death of someone 死亡，去世
loss of
 She must be feeling very lonely after the loss of her husband.
丈夫过世以后她一定感到非常寂寞。
 I’m sorry to hear of your family’s sad loss (=the death of someone you love).
听说你们家痛失亲人，我感到非常难过。
 US forces withdrew after suffering heavy losses (=many deaths).
美军遭受重大伤亡后撤退了。
 The war has led to a tragic loss of life.
这场战争伤亡惨重。
4  be at a loss EXPRESSto be confused and uncertain about what to do or say 困惑，不知所措
 When her son finally left home, Emily felt completely at a loss.
儿子终于离开了家，埃米莉怅然若失。
be at a loss to do something
 Detectives are so far at a loss to explain the reason for his death.
到目前为止，警探仍非常困惑，无法解释他的死亡原因。
 He seemed, for once, at a loss for words (=unable to think what to say).
就这一次，他好像哑口无言了。
Examples from the Corpus
be at a loss• Lord said he was at a loss to find room to play his shots in the first two games.• He was at a loss to explain to himself why he found it so appealing.• Her performances were legendary, and I am at a loss to describe them now.• I am at a loss to understand all this.• I was at a loss with you being so beautiful and intelligent and all that.• Still, you will not be at a loss for conversation with such an unusual choice.• With the provisions stored away, Robbie was at a loss for occupation.
5  [uncountableU]FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC a feeling of being sad or lonely because someone or something is not there anymore 失落感
6  [singular]DISADVANTAGE a disadvantage caused by someone or something leaving or being removed 〔因某人的离去或某物的挪移而造成的〕损失
7  that’s/it’s somebody’s loss spokenEFFECT/INFLUENCE said when you think someone is being stupid for not taking a good opportunity 那是某人的损失
Examples from the Corpus
that’s/it’s somebody’s loss• If they don't find me interesting that's their loss.
→ cut your losses at cut1(29), → a dead loss at dead1(10)
Examples from the Corpus
loss• It announced a loss of £2.8m, on a turnover of £13.5m, thanks mainly to write-downs in the depressed property market.• Trying the case, even to a loss, would help the Republicans, and Starr is a Republican.• The company cannot accept liability for loss or damage to a passenger's property.• three wins and four losses• The girl compensates for her loss by maintaining connectedness with others.• About 35,000 job losses are expected.• Earlier AltaVista, the search engine portal, reported losses of $ 307m on revenues of $ 98m in the second quarter.• How does sleep loss affect the soldier?• I was sorry to hear about the loss of your mother.• You should report the loss of your passport to the consulate.• For instance, while brain cells do die and are not replaced, their loss is not an explanation for senility.• Weight loss should be gradual.
loss of• The company reported losses of $82 million for the third quarter.• the loss of innocence
made a loss• Celltech made a loss of £1.9 million last year, much of which went on setting up new research projects.• I made a loss but Bertra Muscle became a rupee millionaire.• According to its figures, the industry made a loss of Aus$13.2 million on hardwood operations in 1990/91.• But a quarter of all businesses surveyed still made a loss.• Table 1 gives some more detail, in this we exclude all subjects who made losses in excess of £10.
sad loss• On the way back to the rendezvous the next morning, however, they suffered a sad loss.• For Doctor Who this was a sad loss.• Waterpolo suffered another sad loss last week with the sudden death of Donegall's Eddie Neill.
sense of loss• But after a sighting there is also a sense of loss, anti you must stand bereft, searching the empty sky.• Loveless is at her most touching, expressing a sense of loss while maintaining an optimism about the future.• I can't help feeling a sense of loss and betrayal.• More than the economic backwardness and resentment at being made into the national symbol of anti-communist resistance is a sense of loss.• She looked at the man sitting opposite her, and was suffused with a sense of loss.• He looks back on his youth with an overwhelming sense of loss.• No one stands out, although some emerge from the group in brief solos to express their personal sense of loss.• What makes them interesting is that they keep going in spite of their terror and their sense of loss.• Religious beliefs help some people to make ultimate sense of loss and death.
loss to• a 52-14 loss to Georgia Tech
From Longman Business Dictionary
lossloss /lɒslɒːs/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU] the fact of no longer having something that you used to have, or having less of it
loss of earnings through illness
→ job loss
2[countableC]FINANCE when a business spends more money than it receives in a particular period of time, or loses money in some other way
The toy company blamed the losses on poor retail sales.
The companymade a loss of £670,000 last year.
British banks hit by heavy losses on bad loans
There’s no reason for us to operate at a loss.
3ACCOUNTING book/incur/post/take a loss to lose money and make a record of this in the accounts
The unit posted losses for the past two years, hurt by the economic slump.
→ actual loss → after-tax loss → annual loss → capital loss → credit loss → exceptional loss → first-half loss → full-year loss → gross loss → loan loss → net loss → one-time loss → operating loss → paper loss → passive loss → pre-tax loss → quarterly loss → tax loss → trading loss → underwriting loss
4[countableC]INSURANCE an event that causes a person or organization to make a claim on an insurance contract
→ actual total loss → consequential loss → constructive total loss → fire loss → general average loss → indirect loss → partial loss
5[countableC, uncountableU]LAW when a person or organization suffers or loses money because of the mistakes or NEGLIGENCE of another
Origin loss
Old English los “destruction”
loss noun
Chinese
Corpus
IELTS BNC: 649 COCA: 788
loss

noun¹

 1losing of sth失去ADJECTIVE | VERB + LOSS | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤appreciable, considerable, significant, substantial相當大的損失；重大的損失▸➤dramatic, great, huge, major, serious巨大的損失；嚴重的損失◇the dramatic loss of farmland to urban growth城市擴張造成的農田巨量縮減◇Reductions in spending would have led to a much greater loss of jobs.削減開支本來會導致更大規模的失業。◇She suffered a significant loss of hearing after the operation.她自手術後聽力便大大下降了。➤slight輕微的損失➤partial, total部份損失；完全喪失◇partial loss of eyesight視力的部份喪失➤permanent, temporary永久的／暫時的損失➤gradual, progressive逐漸的／逐步的喪失◇a gradual loss of hope希望的逐漸喪失➤rapid快速的喪失◇rapid weight loss體重的快速下降➤blood, fat, hair, hearing, heat, memory, water, weight失血；減肥；脫髮；失聰；熱量流失；失憶；失水；體重下降◇Weight loss can be a sign of a serious illness.體重下降可能是重病的信號。➤job工作崗位的喪失◇The company is expected to announce 200 job losses.預計公司要宣佈削減 200 個工作崗位。VERB + LOSS➤suffer遭受損失◇He suffered a loss of confidence.他喪失了信心。➤cause導致損失◇The knife hit an artery, causing significant blood loss.刀子刺中了一條動脈，引起了嚴重失血。➤prevent預防損失◇They form a barrier to prevent water loss.它們形成了一道屏障來防止水分流失。PREPOSITION➤loss of⋯的喪失◇loss of appetite沒有胃口◇loss of confidence失去信心➤loss to對⋯而言的損失◇Her suicide was a terrible loss to the music world.她的自殺是音樂界的重大損失。PHRASES➤no great loss算不上大損失◇She wouldn't be able to attend the lecture, which was no great loss.她沒能去聽講座，其實也沒有什麼損失。➤be at a loss迷惑不解◇We are at a loss to understand his actions (= we cannot understand them).我們對他的行動迷惑不解。➤a sense of loss失落感◇She was filled with an overwhelming sense of loss.她的心中充滿了十分強烈的失落感。
loss

noun²

 2amount of money lost虧損ADJECTIVE | VERB + LOSS | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤catastrophic, enormous, heavy, huge, massive, serious, significant, substantial災難性的虧損；巨額虧損；嚴重虧損▸➤slight, small輕微的虧損▸➤net淨虧損▸➤pre-tax稅前虧損▸➤overall, total總體虧損；虧損總額➤annual, quarterly年度／季度虧損▸➤economic, financial經濟／財政虧損▸➤trading貿易虧損➤long-term, short-term長期／短期虧損◇long-term tax revenue losses長期的稅收虧損VERB + LOSS➤incur, make, suffer, sustain, take導致虧損；遭受虧損◇There's no way you can make a loss on this deal.這筆生意你無論如何虧不了。◇The business sustained losses of €20 million.這家公司蒙受了 2,000 萬歐元的虧損。◇The company took a big loss of 28%.該公司遭受了 28% 的巨額虧損。➤cut, minimize, reduce減少虧損；將虧損降到最低；降低虧損◇He decided to cut his losses and sell the shares before they sank further.他決定在股票繼續下跌之前賣出，以減少虧損。➤recoup, recover挽回／彌補虧損◇It took the company five years to recoup its losses.公司用了 5 年才賺回虧損額。➤absorb抵消虧損◇The fund may not be large enough to absorb these losses.這筆資金數額不夠大，沒法抵消這些虧損。➤offset抵消損失◇We can offset the loss against next year's budget.我們可以用明年的預算抵消虧損。➤underwrite承擔損失◇No bank would be willing to underwrite such a loss.沒有哪家銀行願意承擔這樣的虧損。PREPOSITION➤at a loss虧本◇The store was operating at a loss.商店在虧本經營。➤loss on在⋯上的虧本◇We made a net loss on the transaction.我們這筆交易出現了淨虧損。
loss

noun³

 3the death of a person死亡ADJECTIVE | VERB + LOSS ADJECTIVE➤enormous, great, terrible, tremendous巨大的傷亡；大量死亡◇The family has suffered a terrible loss.這個家庭減員嚴重。◇The ship sank with great loss of life.船沉了，大量人員遇難。◇His passing is a tremendous loss for all of us.他的辭世是我們所有人的巨大損失。➤sad, tragic令人悲哀的／悲劇性的死亡◇the tragic loss of her husband她丈夫的悲劇性死亡➤big, catastrophic, devastating, great, heavy, severe大量的傷亡；災難性的傷亡；毀滅性的傷亡；慘重的傷亡◇the devastating losses of the war戰爭造成的毀滅性傷亡◇The enemy suffered heavy losses.敵軍傷亡慘重。VERB + LOSS➤suffer, sustain, take遭受死亡◇Our country had sustained a tremendous loss of innocent life.我們國家有大量無辜平民喪生。➤inflict使遭受傷亡◇Fighter planes inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.戰鬥機使敵人遭受重大傷亡。➤grieve, lament, mourn, regret哀悼死亡◇China mourned the loss of a great leader.中國悼念一位偉大領袖的逝世。
IELTS BNC: 649 COCA: 788
loss noun
⇨ debt (operating at a loss) ⇨ at a loss ⇨ confused adj. 1
IELTS BNC: 649 COCA: 788
loss
Absence and lack: absence, lack, loss...
Injuries and wounds: injury, loss, wound...
Elections and relating to the electoral system: ballot rigging, by-election, campaign...
Losses: loss, ruin, ruination...
Death and general words relating to death: morbidity, death, mortality...
Sadness and unhappiness: sadness, depression, grief...
Disadvantages: disadvantage, handicap, limitation...
Failure: fail, fiasco, debacle...

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