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lose

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lose /luːz/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp lost /lɒst $ lɒːst/)  
1  stop having attitude/quality etc 不再有某种态度/品质等 [transitiveT] to stop having a particular attitude, quality, ability etc, or to gradually have less of it 丧失，失去〔某种态度、品质、能力等〕 → loss
 I’ve lost my appetite.
我已经没有了胃口。
lose confidence/interest/hope etc
 The business community has lost confidence in the government.
商界已经对政府失去了信心。
 Carol lost interest in ballet in her teens.
卡萝尔在十多岁的时候对芭蕾舞失去了兴趣。
 Try not to lose heart (=become sad and hopeless) – there are plenty of other jobs.
不要灰心―还有很多其他的工作。
lose face (=stop having as much respect from other people) 丢面子，出丑
 A settlement was reached in which neither side lost face.
达成了一个双方都不失面子的协议。
lose weight/height/speed etc
 You’re looking slim. Have you lost weight?
你看上去很苗条啊，体重是不是减轻了？
 The plane emptied its fuel tanks as it started losing altitude.
飞机开始从高空下降时排空了油箱。
lose your sight/hearing/voice/balance etc
 Mr Eyer may lose the sight in one eye.
艾埃尔先生有一只眼睛可能会失明。
 The tour was postponed when the lead singer lost his voice.
由于主唱失声，巡回演出推迟了。
 Julian lost his balance and fell.
朱利安失去平衡摔倒了。
lose your touch (=become less skilled at doing something you used to do well) 失去技能，生疏
 This latest movie proves Altman is by no means losing his touch.
这部最新影片证明奥特曼宝刀未老。
 By the time the ambulance arrived, Douglas had lost consciousness.
救护车赶到时，道格拉斯已经失去知觉。
lose all sense of time/direction/proportion etc
 When he was writing, he lost all sense of time.
他在写作的时候完全没有了时间概念。
lose sight of something (=forget an important fact about a situation) 忽略某事
 We must never lose sight of the fact that man must work in harmony with nature.
我们绝不能忘记这一点——人类必须与大自然和谐共处。
2  not win 没赢 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WAR to not win a game, argument, election, war etc 输掉〔比赛、辩论、选举、战争等〕 OPP win → defeat
 They played so badly they deserved to lose.
他们打得这么差，输了活该。
 Klinger lost his seat in the election.
克林格在选举中失去了他的席位。
 Arkansas just lost three games in a row.
阿肯色队一连输了三场比赛。
 He just can’t bear to lose an argument.
他和别人争论的时候就是输不起。
lose to
 The Beavers have dropped only one game since losing to Oregon in January.
海狸队自1月份败给俄勒冈队以来只输过一场比赛。
lose (something) by 1 goal/10 votes/20 points etc
 The government lost by one vote.
政府以一票之差落马。
 The Communist candidate lost by a whisker (=a very small amount).
共产党候选人仅以几票之差落选。
 Freddie died in 1982 after losing his battle against AIDS.
弗雷迪与艾滋病抗争失败，于1982年去世。
lose somebody something
 It was a rash decision, and it lost him the race (=caused him to lose the race).
这个决定太轻率，使他输掉了比赛。
3  cannot find STH 找不着某物 [transitiveT]LOSE/CAN'T FIND to become unable to find someone or something 丢失，找不到
4  stop having STH 不再拥有某物 [transitiveT]LOSE/NOT HAVE ANYMORE if you lose something that is important or necessary, you then no longer have it, especially because it has been taken from you or destroyed 丧失，失去〔重要或需要的东西〕 → loss
5  death 死亡 [transitiveT]DIE
6  money 钱 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if you lose money, you then have less money than you had before （使）亏损，（使）损失 → loss
7  have nothing to lose spokenLOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WAR if you have nothing to lose, it is worth taking a risk because you cannot make your situation any worse 〔即使不成功也〕不会损失什么，不会吃亏
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have nothing to lose• For a meeting or two, they have nothing to lose.• As the underdog here, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.• The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.• You have nothing to lose but your monotony.• If you are not sure whether you will be entitled to benefit, remember that you have nothing to lose by applying.• You have nothing to lose by taking action in the small claims court.• You have nothing to lose by trying out possible futures for size-it just requires an imaginative leap.• But you have nothing to lose - your life was being made a misery anyway.
8  time 时间 [transitiveT]
9  lose your way/bearings 
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lose your way/bearings• Among right-wing circles this perception simply intensified their existential feeling of Angst, of having lost their bearings.• But somehow, in the zeal to get re-elected, we lost our way.• I am about to lose my way.• John had a mission to become an entrepreneur, but he went out without a road map and almost lost his way.• She claimed she had somehow been placed on an ocean liner that had lost its way at sea.• He lit another cigarette and left, losing his way at the end of the corridor.• When my wife left me, I kind of lost my bearings for a while.• He had lost his bearings on a trip to nearby shops a few weeks earlier.• The Congressional black caucus has lost its way since Republicans took over Congress.• I completely lose my bearings when I go outside the city.
10  lose touch (with somebody/something) 
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lose touch (with somebody/something)• De Lavallade drifted away from Alvin, although they never completely lost touch.• It is also very easy to lose touch.• Over the years we just lost touch with each other.• She said she had lost touch with him.• I was begin-ning to lose touch with my body, floating away to distant places.• Command economies are usually so centralized that they lose touch with the differences and complexities of individual firms and consumers.• Salibi says that the Massoretes had lost touch with the language of the Bible and made many distortions.• Employees and their managers lost touch with their customers and fiefdoms arose.• Those who pay for education, for example, may lose touch with what is taught and with the methods used.• A lot of producers have lost touch with what makes good music.
11  lose your temper/cool/rag to become angry 发脾气，发怒
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lose your temper/cool/rag• Bunny wasn't the only one to lose his temper.• That was plainly evident in the locker room, where Hostetler teetered on the brink of openly losing his temper.• I should not have lost my cool and behaved in that manner.• He obviously had impregnation on his mind, but by now Lydia had lost her temper and she told him to get stuffed.• I then walked across to the photographers and lost my temper, lost my head.• Never-absolutely never in my experience-did President Reagan really lose his temper or utter a rude or unkind word.• Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong?• She couldn't blame him for frightening Anna, for losing his temper with the child.
12  lose your head to become unable to behave calmly or sensibly 失去理智
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lose your head• Actually, not all of the men had lost their heads.• He made a sort of feeble pretence of being afraid that he might lose his head.• There was always something around the corner if you didn't lose your head.• But he must not lose his head and try to make up the distance all at once.• But you lose your head in this crazy hellhole, you do, and different rules apply.• The bull market in bonds finally lost its head of steam.• Buckingham lost his head over the matter.• I must be losing my head, she thought.
13  lose your mind to become crazy 发疯 SYN go crazy, go mad
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lose your mind• What are you doing on the roof? Have you lost your mind?• Is Roberto correct when he insists that he is innocent and she has lost her mind?• Obviously she was losing her mind.• The musicians are completely losing their minds.• There came a day shortly afterwards when I could no longer ignore the fact that he was losing his mind.• What is not bogus is the position Selda Soyturk is in today because a guy lost his mind behind the wheel.• Some victims feel they are losing their minds or are about to die.• Either she was losing her mind, or she'd followed the wrong man.• PipThe Negro cabin boy who loses his mind when abandoned temporarily in the sea.
14  lose it spoken informal
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lose it• After her mom and dad were killed in the car accident, Ginny just seemed to lose it.• Why try and pressurize myself into losing it?• Whatever Brad said must have made her angry because she totally lost it.• In fact we had never lost it.• Poor guy, he lost it.• They will not know why you have lost it.• Love, love that had always held pain through fear of losing it but had finally become a torment.• Pete just lost it completely and started shouting and screaming at us.• If they lose it, they will probably lose their majority.• Maybe he had lost it when running away from the fracas of metal and hollow clacking of gunfire.• You really lose it when you get around your family.
15  lose yourself in something TAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDto be paying so much attention to something that you do not notice anything else 全神贯注于某事，专心于某事
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lose yourself in something• He had never been able to lose himself in a crowd, or dash off somewhere suddenly on a whim.• A generation loses itself in an inner world of feeling and self-awareness, oblivious of outside forces.• Perfecting themselves, though, there is little chance that they will lose themselves in anyone else.• Small children have the ability to lose themselves in imaginary worlds.• A line of track ran one way to nothing and lost itself in nothing in the other direction.• Men say I am a saInt losing myself in politics.• And though she longed to lose herself in the flames, to be consumed and reborn, she was also terribly afraid.• Like the owl, it could lose itself in the forest.
16  escape 摆脱 [transitiveT] if you lose someone who is chasing you, you manage to escape from them 摆脱，甩掉〔追赶者〕
17  confuse SB 使某人糊涂 [transitiveT] spoken informal to confuse someone when you are trying to explain something to them 〔试图解释时〕把…搞糊涂
18  remove STH 除去某物 [transitiveT] to remove a part or feature of something that is not necessary or wanted 去掉，拿掉，删掉
19  lose something in the translation/telling to be less good than the original form 翻译/转述过程中失去了味道
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lose something in the translation/telling• It probably loses something in the translation from the original Latin.
20 lose out phrasal verbphr v GETto not get something good, valuable etc because someone else gets it instead 失去，丧失〔好的或有价值的东西〕
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lose out• It's simple -- unless you make an effort you're going to lose out.• Time and time again, women seem to lose out on promotions and career opportunities.• In the end we lost out to a French company because they could do the job cheaper.
lose to• Andrew first lost out to Dawe in 1989, when he was dropped after the semi-final victory over Warwickshire.• Tierney was nominated for the Oscar, but lost out to Joan Crawford.• Enid Blyton has lost out to Nintendo.• Oblivious should not have tacked here since he loses out to Smart.• In the night with a light fair wind we had again lost out to the Black Stream.• Without decision-support systems, firms will lose out to their competitors.
→ lost2, → lose count at count2(3), → lose sleep over something at sleep2(4)
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lose• I need to lose 10 pounds before the wedding.• NRT Corporation lost $2.2 million in the most recent quarter on sales of $6.3 million.• I'm not playing tennis with her any more - I always lose.• In most Western democracies in the twentieth century, legislatures have lost a great deal of ground to executive branches.• Michelle lost her job again.• Sharon lost her mother when she was very young.• Professor Wilkes lost his sight in an accident three years ago.• He lost his title unexpectedly to a man who is virtually unknown outside boxing circles.• "What are you looking for?" "My purse. I think I might have lost it."• Neil put the certificate in a drawer so he wouldn't lose it.• I was a step away from triumph and did not want to lose it.• Josefina and I were plumb about to lose it.• I'll lose my job if the factory closes.• They have lost no time in sounding the alarm about an impending famine, which they say threatens 1.9m people.• Investors lost several million dollars on the project.• It's a terrible thing to lose someone very close to you.• Last week was the first time Hastert had lost such a procedural vote.• Noel lost the argument.• Everyone expected the Democrats to lose the election.• Many people think that the Democrats' tax policies lost them the election.• England lost to Brazil in the final.• I always lose when I play tennis with my sister.• Oh there you are - I thought I'd lost you.• Sorry, you lost your chance.• If you lose your credit card, phone this number immediately.
lose confidence/interest/hope etc• We've lost hope..• So much for women losing interest after midlife!• In Queretaro it seems it also lost interest in doing so.• Leonora lost interest in her breakfast.• I've lost interest in it, I said.• It seemed that he had lost interest in politics.• Without recognition, people lose interest in success.• This is a problem because fathers who do not live with their children lose interest in them.
losing ... battle• Against concerted action by local authorities the individual librarian would be fighting a very hard and probably losing battle.• But more worrying is that Ragu is losing his present battle.• But they were losing the battle.• Although already gravely ill, she posed for this graduation picture just days before losing her battle against cancer.• He tried hard to do this, but he was fighting a losing battle here against the rising tide of papal authority.• However, whilst such a provision can prevent the business losing the battle of forms, it can not guarantee victory.• Nor can we underestimate the consequences of losing the battle to poor eating and exercise habits.
lost forever• But that Spring Hill may be lost for ever, some residents say.• Energy expressed in a passive way is lost for ever.• In the process, many irrecoverable secrets of nature are being lost for ever.• Many of these will be lost for ever, before they have even been named.• Much water has been lost for ever from Mars, blasted into space by comet and asteroid impacts.• Some would never appear, vaporized, lost for ever, having ceased to exist.• They could be lost for ever by a single failure of vigilance.• Wildlife lost for ever Many rainforest species can not live anywhere else.
losing ... job• She knew her brother hated losing his job.• Ten percent of us every year are going to be losing our jobs.• Then he implied that Lynne Donato had been talking to him about me losing my job.• They fear not making the new higher performance standard and losing their jobs.• Was it fear of losing her job?• Placido Domingo will release an album that deals solely with the topics of losing your job and your girl.• Many have awful stories to tell about being bullied at school, losing jobs, broken relationships.• It could turn out eventually that losing your job has led to a whole new and better career.
stand to lose• After all, what more could she possibly stand to lose?• What does the publisher or author stand to lose?• Hence a director of a company may stand to lose financially even though the company has limited liability.• Unfortunately, as already described, Croydon Corporation saw things rather differently and thought they would stand to lose financially.• Assuming that Short had been playing it straight, then there remained the question of who stood to lose if Pendero won.• But if prices decline, you stand to lose more as well.• After all, she was the one who stood to lose most.• Creditors and investors stood to lose vast sums.
lose no time in doing something• After the war, physicians lost no time in prescribing it to dieters.• And true to form Graham Sale lost no time in capitalising on an opportunity presenting Douglas Hurd with his own clock.• General Grant... lost no time in pushing to the front...• He has three young daughters of his own, and loses no time in stamping his authority on the entire brood.• John the Baptist urges us to lose no time in making a straight way for the Lord.• Now with more land available, Porter lost no time in leaving his home at Canandaigua and moving to Niagara.• Telephone companies lost no time in announcing that they plan to aggressively expand.• They have lost no time in sounding the alarm about an impending famine, which they say threatens 1.9m people.
From Longman Business Dictionary
loselose /luːz/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp lost /lɒstlɒːst/, present participle losing) [transitiveT]
1to stop having something any more, or to have less of it
The industry has lost 60,000 jobs.
After a boardroom battle, Dixon lost control of the company.
They lost business by not giving credit.
lose something to somebody
We started losing customers to cheaper rivals.
The big national chains were losing market share to independent one-person operations.
2to have less money than you had before or to spend more money than you are receiving
We all lost money when the firm collapsed.
The group is estimated to have lost $36 million last year.
lost revenue
The resulting crisis of confidence lost the bank (=caused the bank to lose) £30 million in deposits.
3FINANCEto fall to a lower figure or price
In Tokyo, the Nikkei stock index lost 644.82 to close at 17,791.55.
Its shares lost 25p to 104p on the results.
4lose ground to become less in value or to lose an advantage
Sterling lost ground against the euro.
When the bid failed to appear, shares lost ground.
5lose your shirt informal to lose a lot of money
When the recession came, many companies lost their shirts.
→ lose out
Origin lose
Old English losian “to destroy or be destroyed, to lose”
lose verb
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