| 单词 | lose |
| 释义 | lose lose // verb (lost, lost /; AmE ; /)
1 [+ obj or no obj] lose (sth) (on sth) | lose sb sth to fail to keep money; to cause sb to fail to keep money: The business is losing money. The firm has lost $176 million in the past six quarters. We lost on that deal. Many people have lost all their savings.
2 [+ obj] lose sth (to sb) | lose sb sth to have sth taken away by sb; to fail to keep sth: Singapore has lost business to ports in Malaysia. You will lose your deposit if you cancel the order. He lost his job as a result of the incident. Her mistake nearly lost us a valuable account. The cosmetic group has been losing market share to cheaper brands.
3 [+ obj] (about a currency, share price, etc.) to fall to a lower level or price: The FTSE 100 lost a quarter of its value last year. Royal Dutch Petroleum lost 0.3 per cent. OPP GAIN See note at INCREASE
IDIOMS
lose face to be less respected or look stupid because of sth you have done LOSS, SAVE
lose ground to fall in value: Tokyo shares lost ground on Wednesday. The dollar lost ground against the Swiss franc.
lose your shirt ( to lose everything you have: If you just put your money in the bank, at least you can't lose your shirt. The media group is hardly alone in losing its shirt on the Internet. PHRASAL VERBS lose out (on sth) to not get sth that you expected or wanted: Thousands of investors lost out on the plans. The firm has lost out on yet another important contract. lose out to sb/sth to not get sth that you expected to get or used to get, because someone else has taken it: They lost out to a rival group in the bidding war. |
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