lose
英[lu?z]
美[luz]
- vt. 浪費；使沉溺于；使迷路；遺失；錯過
- vi. 失敗；受損失
- n. (Lose)人名；(英)洛斯；(德)洛澤
英英釋意
- 1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense;
- "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
- 2. fail to win;
- "We lost the battle but we won the war"
- 3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal;
- "She lost her husband in the war"
- "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
- 4. place (something) where one cannot find it again;
- "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
- 5. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of;
- "I've lost my glasses again!"
- 6. allow to go out of sight;
- "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
- 7. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit;
- "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"
- "The company turned a loss after the first year"
- 8. fail to get or obtain;
- "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
- 9. retreat
- 10. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind;
- "I missed that remark"
- "She missed his point"
- "We lost part of what he said"
- 11. be set at a disadvantage;
- "This author really suffers in translation"