loss
n
1 [U] act, instance or process of losing 喪失; 遺失; 損失
loss of blood, health, prestige, money 喪失血液、 健康、 威信、 錢(qián)財(cái)
The loss (ie death) of his wife was a great blow to him. 他妻子去世對(duì)他打擊很大.
without (any) loss of time (毫)不失時(shí)
a temporary loss of power 暫時(shí)失勢(shì)
The loss of this contract would be very serious. 未能簽成這一合同關(guān)系重大.
2 [C]
(a) person or thing lost 損失的人或物: heat loss 熱量損失
The enemy suffered heavy losses, ie many men killed, etc or much equipment destroyed. 敵軍損失慘重.
The car was so badly damaged that it had to be abandoned as a total loss. 汽車(chē)損壞嚴(yán)重, 只好徹底報(bào)廢.
(b) money lost in a business deal, etc (生意等的)虧損的錢(qián)
made a loss on the deal 這筆交易賠了錢(qián)
sell sth at a loss, ie for less than it cost 虧本出售某物
suffer losses in the export market 在出口市場(chǎng)中虧損.
3 [sing] suffering caused by losing sb/sth; disadvantage (因失去某人[某事物]而致的)損失, 不利
Her departure is a great loss to the orchestra. 她離去是管弦樂(lè)隊(duì)的一大損失.
It's no loss, ie Its loss does not matter. 那算不上損失.
4 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) 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). 這使他完全茫然(而語(yǔ)塞)了.
I'm at a loss what to do next. 我不知道下一步怎麼辦. cut one's `losses abandon a scheme that causes loss before one loses too much 中止某計(jì)畫(huà)以免損失更大. a dead loss => dead.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[l?s]n. 損失, 遺失, 失敗, 輸, 錯(cuò)過(guò), 傷亡【化】 損失; 損耗【醫(yī)】 損失【經(jīng)】 跌勢(shì), 損失, 虧損相關(guān)詞組: throw sb for a loss be a dead loss at a loss sell sth at a loss for a loss be at an utter loss what to do