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Loss 例:The Phrase N Var N Uncount Government Million Business

单词 loss
音标
英[lɒs] 美[lɔs]
解释
n.损失,减少;丢失,遗失;损耗,亏损;失败;
例句

N-VAR
遗失;丧失;失去;减少
Loss is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before.
例:...loss of sight...失明
例:The loss of income for the government is about $250 million a month.政府收入每月大概减少2.5亿美元。

N-VAR
(人命的)丧失
Loss of life occurs when people die.
例:...a terrible loss of human life...伤亡惨重
例:The allies suffered less than 20 casualties while enemy losses were said to be high.盟军伤亡人数不到20,而敌军则据说人员损失惨重。

N-UNCOUNT
(亲人或朋友的)丧故,亡故,逝世
The loss of a relative or friend is their death.
例:They took the time to talk about the loss of Thomas and how their grief was affecting them.他们慢慢谈到了托马斯的死和悲痛给他们带来的影响。
例:...the loss of his mother.他母亲的亡故

N-VAR
亏损;亏蚀
If a business makes a loss, it earns less than it spends.
例:In 1986 Rover made a loss of nine hundred million pounds...1986年,路虎亏损9亿英镑。
例:The company said it will stop producing fertilizer in 1990 because of continued losses.由于持续亏损,该公司说它将在1990年停止生产化肥。

N-UNCOUNT
失落;惆怅
Loss is the feeling of sadness you experience when someone or something you like is taken away from you.
例:Talk to others about your feelings of loss and grief...把自己的失落和悲伤向他人倾诉。
例:He always woke with a sense of deep sorrow and depressing loss.他醒来时总是满怀哀愁,抑郁惆怅。

N-COUNT
损失;不幸
A loss is the disadvantage you suffer when a valuable and useful person or thing leaves or is taken away.
例:She said his death was a great loss to herself.她说他的死对自己来说是巨大的损失。

N-UNCOUNT
(热量、血液、液体等的)流失,散失,减少
The loss of something such as heat, blood, or fluid is the gradual reduction of it or of its level in a system or in someone's body.
例:...blood loss.失血
例:...weight loss.瘦身

PHRASE
(经营)亏本地,赔钱地
If a business produces something at a loss, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it.
例:New fashion designs have to be sold off at a loss if sales are poor.新款时装遇上销路不畅就要蚀本卖出。

PHRASE
茫然不知所措;不知如何是好
If you say that you are at a loss, you mean that you do not know what to do in a particular situation.
例:I was at a loss for what to do next...下一步该怎么做,我完全没谱。
例:The government is at a loss to know how to tackle the violence.对于如何应对暴力问题,政府现在一筹莫展。

PHRASE
及时止损;趁早撒手
If you cut your losses, you stop doing what you were doing in order to prevent the bad situation that you are in becoming worse.
例:Directors are right to cut their losses, admit they chose the wrong man and make a change.董事们当断则断,承认自己选错了人,并且作了人员变更,这样做是正确的。

PHRASE
无用的人(或物)
If you say that someone or something is a dead loss, you have a low opinion of them because you think they are completely useless or unsuccessful.
例:I'd had no experience of organizing anything of that sort. I think I was largely a dead loss.筹办那类活动我毫无经验。我看我基本是个废物。
变形
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