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lose + noun phrase
I lost my keys.
我丢了钥匙。
失去；丢失；弄丢
losing — present participle of lose
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失去；丢失；弄丢
fail to keep or maintain; cease to have something
I lost my keys.
我丢了钥匙。
失去(某物)或丧失(能力)。
To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
走离,错过而找不到,迷失。
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
在比赛、竞争、审判等中落败。
To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
(在游戏、竞赛、比赛等中)失败。
To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
lose
Base
原形
loses
3rd person
第三人称单数
losing
-ing
现在分词
lost
Past
过去式
lost
Past participle
过去分词
I lose my keys often.
我经常丢钥匙。
She lost the game yesterday.
她昨天输了比赛。
He has lost his wallet.
他丢了钱包。
I always lose my keys when I am in a hurry.
我匆忙的时候总是弄丢钥匙。
She lost her phone at the beach yesterday.
她昨天在海滩上弄丢了手机。
If you don't want to lose your job, please arrive on time.
如果你不想失去工作，请准时到达。
I lost my keys.
我丢了钥匙。
用于比赛或竞争中失败。
Our team lost to theirs.
我们队输给了他们。
表示失去某物，被另一方获得。
He lost his job to a machine.
他把工作输给了机器。
Not this
I loose my keys often.
Use this
I lose my keys often.
Loose 是形容词，意为‘松的’，而 lose 是动词，意为‘丢失’。应将 loose 改为 lose。
Not this
It was a big lose for the team.
Use this
It was a big loss for the team.
Lose 是动词，名词形式为 loss。表示‘损失’时应使用 loss。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
减肥
She is trying to lose weight by exercising.
她正试图通过锻炼来减肥。
亏钱
The company lost money last year.
这家公司去年亏钱了。
输掉比赛
They lost the game by one point.
他们以一分之差输掉了比赛。
发脾气
He lost his temper when the news came.
当消息传来时，他发火了。
看不见；忽略
We must not lose sight of our goal.
我们决不能忽略我们的目标。
失去联系
I lost touch with my old friends.
我和老朋友们失去了联系。
丢面子
He was afraid of losing face in front of his colleagues.
他害怕在同事面前丢面子。
灰心
Don't lose heart; you will succeed eventually.
别灰心，你最终会成功的。
发脾气
She lost her temper when she heard the news.
她听到消息时发了脾气。
我不会输。
The famous lyric from Queen's 'We Are the Champions' says 'I ain't gonna lose.'
皇后乐队《我们是冠军》中的著名歌词说‘我不会输。’
明亮的眼睛，充实的心灵，不会输。
The motto from 'Friday Night Lights' is 'Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.'
《胜利之光》中的座右铭是‘明亮的眼睛，充实的心灵，不会输。’
Use losing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想记住：lose 发音类似'露丝'，想象一个叫露丝的人经常丢失东西。
常用义项'丢失/失去'，适用于日常对话和正式书面语，语域中性。
Words like 'choose', 'whose', 'booze' rhyme with 'lose' (ending /-uːz/). Words like 'loose', 'noose', 'goose' share the same spelling pattern '-oose' but are pronounced with /-uːs/, a different sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.