| [/lɔs; US lɔːs; lɔs/] n 用法:
1 [U] act, instance or process of losing 丧失; 遗失; 损失:
loss of blood, health, prestige, money 丧失血液、 健康、 威信、 钱财 *
The loss (ie death) of his wife was a great blow to him. 他妻子去世对他打击很大. *
without (any) loss of time （毫）不失时 *
a temporary loss of power 暂时失势 *
The loss of this contract would be very serious. 未能签成这一合同关系重大. 用法:
2 [C] (a) person or thing lost 损失的人或物:
heat loss 热量损失 *
The enemy suffered heavy losses, ie many men killed, etc or much equipment destroyed. 敌军损失惨重. *
The car was so badly damaged that it had to be abandoned as a total loss. 汽车损坏严重, 只好彻底报废.
(b) money lost in a business deal, etc （生意等的）亏损的钱:
made a loss on the deal 这笔交易赔了钱 *
sell sth at a loss, ie for less than it cost 亏本出售某物 *
suffer losses in the export market 在出口市场中亏损. 用法:
3 [sing] suffering caused by losing sb/sth; disadvantage （因失去某人[某事物]而致的）损失, 不利:
Her departure is a great loss to the orchestra. 她离去是管弦乐队的一大损失. *
It's no loss, ie Its loss does not matter. 那算不上损失. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) at a `loss not knowing what to do or say; perplexed or puzzled 不知如何是好; 茫然; 困惑:
It left him at a complete loss (for words). 这使他完全茫然（而语塞）了. *
I'm at a loss what to do next. 我不知道下一步怎麽办. cut one's `losses abandon a scheme that causes loss before one loses too much 中止某计画以免损失更大. a dead loss => dead. |