lose
/luːz/
v.
一句话记住
丢失;失去;输掉;未能获胜
释义与例句
v.
丢失;失去
to be unable to find something, or to stop having something that you had before
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I lost my wallet on the way to work.
我在上班路上丢了钱包。
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She lost her job when the factory closed.
工厂关闭时,她失去了工作。
展开其余 1 条例句
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The company is losing customers to cheaper competitors.
这家公司正在把客户流失给价格更低的竞争对手。
v.
输掉;未能获胜
to be defeated in a game, competition, election, or argument
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The team lost the final by a single goal.
这支球队以一球之差输掉了决赛。
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He lost the election by fewer than two hundred votes.
他以不到两百票之差在选举中落败。
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You can learn a great deal even when you lose a match.
即使输掉一场比赛,你也能学到很多东西。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
lose–lost–lost;名词是 loss。lose /luːz/ 是“丢失、输掉”,loose /luːs/ 是“松的”。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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loss 损失;失去;失利名词,与 lose 对应,注意拼写和发音不同。
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lost 迷路的;丢失的;不知所措的既是 lose 的过去式和过去分词,也常作形容词,如 get lost(迷路)。
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loser 失败者;输家名词,指比赛中的输方;用于评价人时可能带贬义和冒犯意味。
同义词
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misplace 一时找不到;放错地方lose 泛指丢失或永久失去;misplace 特指暂时想不起把物品放在哪里,通常暗示还能找回。I seem to have misplaced my reading glasses. 我好像把老花镜放错地方了。
反义词
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win 赢;获胜在比赛或选举意义上,win 与 lose 相对;在丢失意义上,find 或 recover 才是更合适的对应词。The team won the match by two goals. 这支球队以两球优势赢了比赛。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
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loose 松的;宽松的lose 是动词,读 /luːz/,意为丢失或输掉;loose 是形容词,读 /luːs/,意为松的,拼写多一个 o。One of the screws had come loose. 其中一颗螺丝松了。
常见搭配
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lose weight 减重He lost weight by changing his diet and exercising regularly. 他通过调整饮食和定期锻炼减轻了体重。
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lose one's way 迷路The hikers lost their way in the thick fog. 徒步者在浓雾中迷了路。