lose
動詞
定義 lose 動詞
possession(擁有)
- A2Transitive(及物動詞)
to no longer have something because you do not know where it is
遺失；丟失
I've lost my wallet.
我弄丟了我的錢包。
She is always losing her glasses.
她總是弄丟她的眼鏡。
He lost his phone in a taxi.
他在計程車上弄丟了他的手機。
- A2Transitive(及物動詞)
to have something or someone taken away from you
失去
The fire caused many people to lose their homes.
這場火災導致許多人失去了家園。
He lost his father to a heart attack.
他因心臟病失去了父親。
She lost her hearing due to illness.
她因病失去了聽力。
- Transitive(及物動詞)informal(非正式)
to get rid of something
擺脫；丟棄
Try to lose those old shoes.
試著丟掉那雙舊鞋。
You should lose that bad habit.
你應該改掉那個壞習慣。
emotion(情緒)
- B2Transitive(及物動詞)
to stop feeling something
喪失；失去（某種感覺）
She lost all hope after hearing that news.
聽到那個消息後，她失去了所有希望。
I lost interest in the topic.
我對這個話題失去了興趣。
After the long wait, they lost their patience.
在漫長的等待之後，他們失去了耐心。
quantity(數量)
- B1Transitive(及物動詞)
to have less of something than you had before
減少；降低；喪失
She is trying to lose weight.
她正在努力減肥。
He lost a lot of blood due to the accident.
由於事故，他流了很多血。
He is starting to lose his hair as he gets older.
隨著年齡增長，他開始掉頭髮了。
time(時間)
- B2Transitive(及物動詞)
If you lose time, you waste it.
浪費（時間）
Don't lose time on meaningless things.
不要在無意義的事情上浪費時間。
We lost a lot of time waiting in line.
我們排隊浪費了很多時間。
He doesn't want to lose any time.
他不想浪費任何時間。
- Transitive(及物動詞)
If a clock loses time, it goes more slowly than it should.
（鐘錶）走慢；變慢
This old clock loses five minutes every day.
這個舊時鐘每天慢五分鐘。
This watch seems to be losing time.
這隻手錶似乎在變慢。
result(結果)
- B1Transitive(及物動詞)Intransitive(不及物動詞)
to fail to succeed in a game, competition, etc.
輸掉（比賽）；失敗
Our team lost the game.
我們的隊伍輸掉了比賽。
She doesn't like losing at anything.
她不喜歡在任何事情上輸掉。
We lost the debate.
我們輸掉了辯論。
片語 lose 動詞
- lose money, dollars, pounds, etc.
This refers to a situation where a business or individual spends more money than they earn, resulting in a financial loss.
虧損（商業）
• They lost millions of dollars on the stock market due to a bad investment.
他們因投資失誤在股市損失了數百萬美元。
成語
- lose heart
To become discouraged and lose the belief that one can succeed.
對成功失去信心；感到灰心喪志。
• Even if progress is slow, don't lose heart; keep going.
即使進展緩慢，也不要灰心；繼續前進。
- You've got nothing to lose
Indicates that doing something will not result in any loss or disadvantage.
表示做某事不會有任何損失或不利影響。
• You should try applying to that university; you've got nothing to lose.
你應該試著申請那所大學；反正你沒有什麼可失去的。
- lose your rag
To suddenly become very angry and lose one's temper.
指突然變得非常憤怒，失去冷靜。
• He lost his rag immediately when he discovered his car had been scratched.
當他發現他的車被刮傷時，他立刻失去了冷靜。
- lose your head
To become unable to act rationally or calmly; to lose self-control.
失去理智；情緒失控
• Faced with the sudden bad news, she lost her head for a moment and couldn't think at all.
面對突如其來的壞消息，她一時失去理智，完全無法思考。
- lose it
To become unable to control one's emotions, often resulting in sudden shouting, crying, or laughing.
指無法控制自己的情緒，突然大聲吼叫、哭泣或大笑。
• He completely lost it when he found out he had missed the promotion.
當他發現自己錯過了升職機會時，他完全失控了。
- lose sight of something
To forget or fail to consider an important idea or fact because of being too focused on other matters.
忽視
• In our pursuit of profit, we must never lose sight of our corporate social responsibility.
在追求利潤的過程中，我們絕不能忽略企業的社會責任。
- lose your life
To die as a result of an accident or violent incident.
因意外或暴力事件而喪生。
• Many people lost their lives in that terrible car accident.
許多人在那場可怕的車禍中喪生。
- lose the plot
To behave irrationally or become confused and unable to understand what is happening.
精神失常；失去理智
• Since losing his job, he's started acting a bit strange; I think he's losing the plot.
自從失業後，他開始有點奇怪的行為；我覺得他有點失去理智了。
- lose your touch
To no longer be able to do something as well as one could previously.
指某人做某事的能力或技巧不如從前。
• The chef seems to have lost his touch; the dish tasted bland and uninspired.
這位廚師似乎失去了他的技藝；這道菜嚐起來平淡無奇。
- lose your way
To become unable to find one's way; to get lost.
迷路
• They lost their way while hiking in the forest.
他們在森林裡徒步時迷失了方向。
- lose your mind
to become mentally unstable or to behave in a foolish or irrational way
失心疯
• He nearly lost his mind when he saw his team lose.
當他看到他的球隊輸了時，他幾乎要瘋了。
- lose ground
to become less successful, popular, or accepted than before; to lose an advantage in a competitive situation.
失去幽謊、得不到支持
• The ruling party is losing ground in recent opinion polls.
執政黨在最近的民調中失去了優勢。
- lose your shirt
To lose a large amount of money, typically through gambling or a risky investment.
（尤指因賭博）輸得精光；損失慘重。
• He made some bad investments in the stock market and almost lost his shirt.
他在股市上做了一些糟糕的投資，幾乎輸得精光。
- you've got nothing to lose
This idiom is used to indicate that a particular action will not worsen the current situation or cause any disadvantage.
沒什麼好損失的
• Why don't you give it a try? You've got nothing to lose anyway.
為什麼不試試看？反正你也不會失去什麼。
- lose your heart to someone
To begin to feel romantic love for someone; to fall deeply in love with someone.
對某人產生愛意；愛上某人。
• She lost her heart to him the first time she saw him.
她第一次見到他就愛上了他。
- lose sleep over/about something
To be so worried about something that it causes one to have difficulty sleeping.
擔心、焦慮
• She's been losing sleep over the upcoming exam.
她一直因為即將到來的考試而失眠。
- be losing it
To begin to lose emotional control or mental stability.
開始發瘋
• He's been under so much stress at work lately, I think he's starting to lose it.
他最近工作壓力太大了，我覺得他開始要崩潰了。
片語動詞 lose
- lose out
to be at a disadvantage or miss out on benefits that others enjoy
處於不利地位；蒙受損失
• If you don't register early, you might lose out on the chance to attend the seminar.
如果你不早點報名，你可能會錯過參加研討會的機會。