phrasal verbphr vGETto not get something good, valuable etc because someone else gets it instead 失去,喪失〔好的或有價值的東西〕
The deal will ensure that shareholders do not lose out financially.
這個協議將確保股東在經濟上不會有損失。
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He lost out to Roy Scheider for the lead role.
他當主角的機會被羅伊·施奈德搶走了。
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Workers who don’t take up training may lose out on promotion.
沒有接受培訓的工人可能會喪失升職機會。
Examples from the Corpus
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 careeropportunities.• 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-finalvictory 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 toSmart.• In the night with a light fairwind we had again lost out to the Black Stream.• Without decision-support systems, firms will lose out to their competitors.