lose/luz; luːz/v past tense and past participle lost /lɔst; lɒst/1 [T] to stop having something that is important to you or that you need [→ loss] 失去〔重要或需要的东西〕: Tom lost his job . 汤姆丢了工作。Drunk drivers should lose their licence . 醉酒驾车的司机应当被吊销驾驶执照。lose an arm/leg/eye etc He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. 他在一起摩托车事故中失去了一条腿。He's lost a lot of blood. 他流了很多血。I lost a lot of money when the stock market crashed. 股市崩盘﹐我损失了许多钱。2 [T] to stop having a particular attitude, quality, ability etc, or to gradually have less of it [→ loss] 丧失﹐失去〔某种态度﹑品质﹑能力等〕: You’re looking slim. Have you lost weight ? 你看起来苗条了﹐体重减轻了吗?lose your sight/hearing/voice/balance etc Jim lost his balance and fell. 吉姆失去平衡﹐摔了一跤。lose confidence/interest/hope etc Carol lost interest in ballet in her teens. 卡罗尔在十几岁时对芭蕾舞失去了兴趣。Try not to lose heart (=become sad and hopeless) – there are plenty of other jobs. 不要灰心—还有很多别的工作。We must never lose sight of (=forget) our goals. 我们绝不可以忘记我们的目标。3 [T] to become unable to find someone or something 丢失﹐遗失: Danny's always losing his keys. 丹尼老是丢钥匙。4 [I,T] to fail to win a game, argument, war etc [ win ; → defeat] 输掉〔比赛﹑辩论﹑战争等〕: They played so badly they deserved to lose. 他们打得这么差﹐应该输掉。+by The Democrat candidate lost by 8000 votes. 民主党候选人以 8000 票之差落败。+to Liverpool lost to AC Milan. 利物浦队输给了 AC 米兰队。5 a) lose your life to die 丧生: 5000 soldiers lost their lives. 5000 名士兵丧生。b) if you lose a relative or friend, that person dies 失去〔亲友﹐指去世〕6 [T] spoken informal to confuse someone when you are trying to explain something to them【口﹐非正式】〔试图解释时〕把…弄糊涂: Explain it again – you’ve lost me already. 再解释一遍—你已经把我弄糊涂了。7 [T] to waste time or an opportunity 浪费〔时间〕﹔错过〔机会〕: You lost your chance! 你错过机会了!There's no time to lose ! 没有时间磨蹭了! 8 lose your temper/cool to become angry 发怒﹐发脾气: +with Diana was determined not to lose her temper with him. 戴安娜决意不向他发脾气。9 have nothing to lose if you have nothing to lose, it is worth taking a risk because you cannot make your situation any worse〔即使不成功也〕不会损失什么﹐不会吃亏10 lose your way/bearings to stop knowing where you are or which direction you should go in 迷路/迷失方向11 lose itinformal to become angry, confused, upset etc【非正式】气疯﹔迷惑﹔不快lose out phr v to not get something good, valuable etc because someone else gets it instead 失去﹐丧失〔好的或有价值之物〕: +to/in/on She lost out to Nicole Kidman for the lead role. 她当主角的机会被妮可∙基德曼抢走了。