及物动词 vt.
1.失,丢失,丧失
Carl's father lost his job last month.
卡尔的父亲上个月失业了。
2.使失去[O1]
A bad cold had lost me some time.
一场重感冒使我失去了一些时间。
3.输去;未赢得
He has lost his case.
他的官司打输了。
4.损失(金钱)[(+on)]
We lost a lot of money on that deal.
我们在那笔交易上亏损了许多钱。
5.迷失;使迷路
She got lost in the forest.
她在森林里迷了路。
6.听不见;看不见;抓不住;错过
She had to walk to the station and so lost her train.
她只能步行去车站,因而没赶上火车。
7.浪费,白费
Louise lost no time in returning to Cincinnati.
路易丝没有耽搁,马上回到辛辛那提。
8.使沉湎于[(+in)]
The boy soon lost himself in the book.
这男孩不久便专心地看起书来。
9.使迷糊不清
10.(钟表)慢
My watch loses a minute a day.
我的表一天慢一分钟。
不及物动词 vi.
1.输掉,失败[(+by/to)]
Cambridge lost to Oxford.
剑桥队输给了牛津队。
2.受损失;赔钱[(+on)]
We lost on that transaction.
我们在那笔交易上赔了钱。
3.(钟、表)走慢
Your watch is losing.
你的表走慢了。