To come to be deprived of the ownership, care, or control of (something one has had), as by negligence, accident, or theft:（因疏忽，意外而）失去：由于疏忽、意外或盗窃而被剥夺（某人所拥有的某物）的所有权、管理权或控制权：例句：I`ve lost three umbrellas this year. Britain lost its American colonies in a revolution.今年我丢了三把伞。在革命中，英国丧失了它在北美的殖民地To be deprived of (something one has had):被剥夺（某人曾拥有的某物）：例句：lost their lives; lost her youth through hardship.失去生命；由于辛劳而失去青春To be bereaved of:丧失：例句：lost his wife.他失去了妻子To be unable to keep alive:无法继续存活：无法使…活下去：例句：a doctor who has lost very few patients.这位医生鲜有不能治愈的病人To be unable to maintain, sustain, or keep:无法维持，保留或保管：例句：lost everything in the stock market crash; is losing supporters by changing his mind.在股市狂跌中丧失了一切；由于改变了主意，将失去支持者To fail to win; fail in:未能获胜；失败：例句：lost the game; lost the court case.在比赛中失败；打输了官司To fail to use or take advantage of:未能使用或利用：例句：Don`t lose a chance to improve your position.不要错过晋级的机会To fail to hear, see, or understand:无法听到、看到或理解：例句：We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.在浓雾中我们看不到飞机了。当她开始讲热力学时，我理解不了

To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.迷路：使（自己）无法找到路To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.迷失：将（自己）从日常的现实带入幻想的世界中To rid oneself of:减轻：使自己摆脱：例句：lost five pounds.减轻五英磅To consume aimlessly; waste:浪费：无目的地消费；浪费：例句：lost a week in idle occupations.在闲混中浪费了一周时间To stray or wander from:从…走失：例句：lose one`s way.迷路

To elude or outdistance:避开，甩掉：例句：lost their pursuers.甩掉他们的追踪者To be outdistanced by:被…甩掉：例句：chased the thieves but lost them.追踪小偷，但被甩掉了To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.变慢：变慢了（一定时间）。用于计时器To cause or result in the loss of:导致…的丧失：造成…的损失，以…的损失为结果：例句：Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.未能对广告作出答复使她失去了工作To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive:使被毁坏。通常用于被动：例句：Both planes were lost in the crash.两架飞机都在撞机中报废了To cause to be damned.使被诅咒v.intr.（不及物动词）To suffer loss.经受损失To be defeated.被击败To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.走慢：工作或运转慢。用于计时器lose outTo fail to achieve or receive an expected gain.输掉，失败：未能达到或收到预定的目的常用词组>lose out onTo miss (an opportunity, for example).错过（机会）lose timeTo operate too slowly. Used of a timepiece.（钟表）走慢：运转得太慢。用于计时器To delay advancement.延误进展习惯用语>来源：Middle English losen 中古英语 losen from Old English losian [to perish] 源自 古英语 losian [消失] from los [loss] * see leu- 源自 los [损失] *参见 leu-