| 单词 | lost |
| 释义 | lost (lɒst , US lɔːst ) 1. A2 Lost is the past tense and past participle of lose. 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] A2 If you are lost or if you get lost, you do not know where you are or are unable to find your way. Barely had I set foot in the street when I realised I was lost. I took a wrong turn and we got lost in the mountains. 3. adjective B1 If something is lost, or gets lost, you cannot find it, for example because you have forgotten where you put it. ...a lost book. My paper got lost. He was scrabbling for his pen, which had got lost somewhere under the sheets of paper. Synonyms: missing, missed, disappeared, vanished 4. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you feel lost, you feel very uncomfortable because you are in an unfamiliar situation. Of the funeral he remembered only the cold, the waiting, and feeling very lost. I feel lost and lonely in a strange town alone. Synonyms: bewildered, confused, puzzled, baffled 5. adjective If you describe a person or group of people as lost, you think that they do not have a clear idea of what they want to do or achieve. They are a lost generation in search of an identity. 6. adjective If you describe something as lost, you mean that you no longer have it or it no longer exists. ...their lost homeland. ...a lost job or promotion. The sense of community is lost. The riots will also mean lost income for Los Angeles County. Synonyms: gone, finished, destroyed, vanished 7. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use lost to refer to a period or state of affairs that existed in the past and no longer exists. He seemed to pine for his lost youth. They are links to a lost age. ...the relics of a lost civilisation. Synonyms: past, former, gone, dead 8. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If something is lost, it is not used properly and is considered wasted. He is not bitter about the lost opportunity to compete in the Games. The advantage is lost. 9. get lost phrase If you tell someone to get lost, you are telling them in a very rude way to go away. [rude] 10. be lost on someone phrase If advice or a comment is lost on someone, they do not understand it or they pay no attention to it. The meaning of that was lost on me. The point of this message is not lost on parents. 11. be lost in thought phrase [VERB inflects] If you are lost in thought, you give all your attention to what you are thinking about and do not notice what is going on around you. She was silent for a while, lost in thought, staring at the books littering the room. 12. be lost without phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that you would be lost without someone or something, you mean that you would be unhappy or unable to work properly without them. I'd be lost without you here. I love the game and I'd be lost without golf now. Idioms: someone has won the battle, but lost the war said to mean that in a struggle, someone has gained one small thing but lost something that is much more important The strikers may have won the battle, but they lost the war. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get lost in the shuffle [mainly US] to not be noticed and have no attention paid to you He worries campaign finance reform will get lost in the shuffle of White House priorities. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers no love lost or little love lost if there is no love lost between two people or groups, they do not like each other at all There was no love lost between the country's two most powerful politicians. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers lost for words or at a loss for words so amazed, shocked, or moved by something that you do not know what to say or how to express your feelings in words I had the feeling they were all waiting for me to say something. But for the first time in my life I felt at a loss for words. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: lost fluids Take small sips of water to replace lost fluids, or try rehydrating remedies. The Sun Drink plenty of water to replace lost fluids. Times, Sunday Times Well, you've got to replace those lost fluids. The Sun An oral rehydration solution available from your pharmacist might be good, to help replace lost fluids. Times, Sunday Times This period serves two vital purposes: to replace certain lost fluids, and to allow staff to monitor the donor's wellbeing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Farce and scholarship brilliantly combined in this tale of a lost masterpiece. Times, Sunday Times How, though, do you set about discovering whether you are the latest owner of a lost masterpiece or just the possessor of a piece of overlooked junk? Times, Sunday Times This painting had long been referred to as a lost masterpiece. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even when it was revived in 1988, it was hailed neither as a disaster nor as a lost masterpiece. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then a big freeze kicked in, the side lost momentum and a fixture pile-up proved too much for a small squad. Times, Sunday Times The wire apparently sagged so much as he sailed along that he lost momentum about 20m from the end. Times, Sunday Times Indicators suggest that the economy had lost momentum in recent months as consumers clamped down on spending amid a squeeze on incomes. Times, Sunday Times For the majority of the committee, recent news had been 'to the downside' as consumer spending lost momentum. Times, Sunday Times They lost momentum and kept trying to play their first-half game, but this time they did not have the ammunition. Times, Sunday Times Failure to meet this change with the drive and determination required will be a huge lost opportunity and a massive waste of cash. Times, Sunday Times It seems a real lost opportunity if some police forces aren't making full use of these powers. Times, Sunday Times So why wouldn't the ad industry see you as a lost opportunity? Times, Sunday Times He has found a way around the lost opportunity. ST It's the regret that gets you, not just the lost waist but the lost opportunity to enjoy it. Times, Sunday Times Employers' organisations have estimated that each day of the strike costs up to 50 million in lost output. Times, Sunday Times Having shrunk 13.3 per cent six years ago, it has yet to recover half the lost output. Times, Sunday Times That would equate to £40 billion of lost output over the next five years. Times,Sunday Times Slack explains why economies usually rebound from recession with a period of very strong growth, as they catch up the lost output. Times, Sunday Times Their final estimate of each sector's lost output took into account both production constraints and the likely demand change. Times,Sunday Times I do when we find a lost pet. Times,Sunday Times Even where families simply want an identical-looking clone of their lost pet, they are likely to be disappointed. Times, Sunday Times Lost pet reports were also aired on the stations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Others believe that a lost pet might feel more comfortable if strangers call it by its own name, so the name should be on the tag. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Without a doubt, pet insurance and microchips are great mitigation tools, as they help lower ownership cost and locate lost pets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The overall bill from lost profit and business interruption ran into the millions. The Sun Assuming growth of 6% a year, you would sacrifice £2.47m in costs and lost profit over 30 years, leaving you with a pot worth £3.27m. Times,Sunday Times As a result, policymakers feared banks would increase rates on new loans to compensate for the lost profit on deposits, which would undermine policy. Times, Sunday Times Unsold engines meant lost profit and nothing was wasted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Project contractors filed suit for more than $23 million in lost profits and costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 How would the government make up the lost revenue? Times,Sunday Times This would cost about 300m a year in lost revenue. Times, Sunday Times The latest action would be the most damaging walk-out - hitting tourism and costing businesses hundreds of millions of pounds in lost revenue. Times, Sunday Times Negotiators will have to look elsewhere to make up for this lost revenue. Times, Sunday Times Defeat could cost them 26m in lost revenue. Times, Sunday Times I lost sleep over the 'climate footprint' of my 4x4. Times, Sunday Times According to a survey of landlords, finding the appropriate tenants and property maintenance are the top causes of lost sleep. Times, Sunday Times I've lost sleep worrying about them and am ecstatic they are out. The Sun It's 250 — and a few hours of lost sleep. Times, Sunday Times And 33 per cent admitted they regularly lost sleep thinking about their adversary. The Sun Bats will benefit from lottery money to help them to recover lost territory and to reverse more than a century of decline. Times, Sunday Times Scientists believe that other species can best be helped in ways that would allow them to repopulate lost territory naturally. Times, Sunday Times The group's income has fallen by nearly a third in the past year as it has lost territory and its oilfields and cash stocks have been hit by coalition airstrikes. Times, Sunday Times However, rebel fighters claimed that they had countered it in the afternoon and retaken much of the lost territory. Times, Sunday Times In 1465, the hundred lost territory in the east and the meeting place became located on its fringe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are a constant source of amazing lost treasure with such an eclectic mix. Times, Sunday Times In other instances of old documents and lost treasure, he brushed off accusations of fudging the truth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A reporter goes on a globetrotting quest to find a sunken ship containing a pirate's lost treasure. The Sun Newspapers as far back as 1895 have been found to publish accounts of those who have claimed to have found this lost treasure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are rumors of lost treasure hoards as well. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Adjusting it to cover lost wages for those on reduced hours and targeting the scheme at the industries most in need are others. Times,Sunday Times Strikers themselves are feeling the strain of lost wages. SA Star He wants compensation for lost wages, injury, medical expenses, product liability and emotional distress. The Sun It shouldn't be necessary to use a study to remind postal workers of the trade-off between the gains from a strike and lost wages. Times, Sunday Times The claim forces firms to pay for lost wages. The Sun An 11-year-old had to pay 0 a bus company 2 for claiming back his lost wallet. Times, Sunday Times Then to my amazement an announcer called my name - someone had handed in my lost wallet. The Sun He made a priest's lost wallet reappear so that the poor priest could pay his debt to this money-lender, who was about to eject him from his house. Times, Sunday Times Thus, all four friends return to the factory to recover the lost wallet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet his passion for judo, the last link to his lost youth, endures. Times,Sunday Times It was the first of a two-line ode to his lost youth. Times, Sunday Times It can bring back lost youth, make you remember forgotten dreams, revive dashed hopes. Times, Sunday Times Oh, cue anthem for lost youth, and pass us comfy shoes. Times, Sunday Times I thought that was the best way to behave, as the lost youth who went the wrong way. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 走丢的 Japanese: 失った |
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