| 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 | pl:losses~ |
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