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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lost1 /lɒst $ lɒːst/ x-refthe past tense and past participle of lose lose 的过去式和过去分词Examples from the Corpus
lost• Phil Gramm of Texas, who lost a presidential primary bid against Dole.• Front forces, in particular, lost a very high percentage of their best men in 1968.• He had lost blood profusely and had collapsed.• Read in studio A man severely brain damaged in an operation more than twenty-five years ago, has lost his fight for compensation.• I lost my faith when my parents died.• Thus the would-be entrepreneur can keep drawing benefits, and, if the business fails, they haven't lost out.lost2 ●●● S2 W3 adjective 1 cannot find your way 找不到路LOST/DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE if you are lost, you do not know where you are and are unable to find your way somewhere 迷路的 ‘Are you lost?’ the driver asked. “你迷路了吗？”司机问道。 I got thoroughly lost on the way here. 我来这里时完全迷了路。 a lost child 一个走失的孩子2 cannot be found 找不到LOSE/CAN'T FIND if something is lost, you had it but cannot now find it 丢失的，遗失的 SYN missing two boys searching for a lost ball 在寻找一个丢失的球的两个男孩3 wasted 浪费的 a) lost time or opportunities have not been used in the way that would have given you the greatest advantage 〔时间或机会〕用得不恰当的；浪费的，错过的 It’ll be impossible to make up the lost time. 失去的时间不可能追回。 b) lost sales/business/earnings etc sales, business etc that you could have had but did not 损失的销售额/生意/收入等 The strike has cost the company £2 million in lost revenue. 这次罢工给公司收入造成200万英镑的损失。4 feel/be lost CONFIDENTto not feel confident about what to do or how to behave 迷惘，困惑，不知所措 It’s not unusual to feel rather lost when you first start college. 刚上大学时感到很迷惘不足为奇。 She’s a great friend and I’d be lost without her. 她是一个很不错的朋友，没有她我会茫然无措。5. Get lost! spoken used to rudely tell someone to go away or to stop annoying you 走开！ 滚开！6 not noticing 没有注意到 [not before noun]THINK ABOUT thinking so hard about something, or being so interested in something, that you do not notice what is happening around you 全神贯注的lost in Harry just stood there, lost in thought. 哈里就站在那里，陷入沉思之中。 Amy lay on her bed, totally lost in her book. 埃米躺在床上，专心致志地看书。7 get lost (in something) NOTICEto be forgotten or not noticed in a complicated process or in a busy time 〔在复杂的过程或忙碌中〕被遗忘[忽略] It’s easy for your main points to get lost in a long speech. 做长篇演说容易偏离要点。8 NOT UNDERSTAND 不理解be lost CONFUSEDto be completely confused by a complicated explanation 〔被复杂的解释〕弄糊涂 ‘Do you understand what I mean?’ ‘Not really. I’m a bit lost.’ “你明白我的意思吗？”“不很明白，我有点糊涂了。”9 be lost on somebody UNDERSTANDif something is lost on someone, they do not understand or want to accept it 不为某人理解[接受] The joke was completely lost on Chris. 这个笑话克里斯完全没听懂。10 be lost for words SAYSURPRISEDto be unable to say anything because you are very surprised, upset etc 〔因非常惊讶、难过等〕说不出话来，不知说什么才好 For once in her life, she was lost for words. 她平生就这一回不知道说什么话才好。11 not existing 不存在的 [only before noun]LOSE/NOT HAVE ANYMORE that no longer exists or that you no longer have 不复存在的；不再拥有的 the relics of a lost civilization 一个失落文明的遗迹 She wept for her broken dreams and lost youth. 她为自己破灭的梦想和逝去的青春而哭泣。12 lost cause FAILsomething that has no chance of succeeding 注定失败的事 Trying to interest my son in classical music is a lost cause. 让我儿子对古典音乐产生兴趣是不可能的事。13. lost soul CONFUSEDsomeone who does not seem to know where they are or what to do – often used humorously 失魂落魄者，茫然若失的人〔常为幽默用法〕14. all is not lost used to say that success is still possible, even though there have been problems or failures 还有一线希望；尚未满盘皆输 → give somebody up for dead/lost etc at give up, long-lost, → make up for lost time at make up for, → there is no love lost between somebody and somebody at love2(10)Examples from the Corpus
lost• "Did you understand him?" "No, I'm completely lost."• I've looked everywhere for the car keys. I think they must be lost.• Several good business opportunities have been lost.• My keys are lost again.• a lost dog• the lost dreams of her youth• Divers are searching for the plane's lost flight recorder.• Never mind, say market optimists: the first quarter of 1991 promises to make up much lost ground.• You haven't gotten my letter yet? It must have gotten lost in the mail.• Of course, you might live perfectly happily together but you might also hanker for your lost independence.• The lost or damaged car will then belong to us.• Such closures could cost mine companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost production.• New computer systems could save us millions of dollars in lost time.• a lost touristgot ... lost• Had Jean-Claude not known the way we should undoubtedly have got lost.• The reindeers just would not have managed without him on this dark Christmas Eve, they would have got lost.• I ve got lost, he giggled.• Once, I got lost hiking in El Salvador.• But I got lost in the doing of it, as navigators may, and we went beyond ourselves.• One day the man and his camel got lost in the jungle.• Thus the effect of the former got lost in the more widespread effect of the latter.• Still, something got lost which was present in Perrault.lost in thought• For a moment she seemed lost in thought.• He spotted her through the steam-smeared glass, sitting at the bar lost in thought.• It seemed his turn, too, to appear lost in thought.• She stared at the fire, lost in thought.• William is looking out the window, lost in thought.• Mrs Alderley sat lost in thought for a few moments.• I am lost in thought, trying to write.nLost /lɒst $ lɒːst/ na US drama television series about the lives of people who survive on a tropical island after a plane flying between Sydney and Los Angeles crashes. The series has won both Emmy and Golden Globe awards.lost1lost2 adjectiveLost LDOCE OnlineChinese
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lost
lost1 /lɒst $ lɒːst/ 
the past tense and past participle of lose
lost2 S2 W3 adjective1. CANNOT FIND YOUR WAY if you are lost, you do not know where you are and are unable to find your way somewhere:
‘Are you lost?’ the driver asked.
I got thoroughly lost on the way here.
a lost child
2. CANNOT BE FOUND if something is lost, you had it but cannot now find
SYN missing:
two boys searching for a lost ball
3. WASTED
a. lost time or opportunities have not been used in the way that would have given you the greatest advantage:
It’ll be impossible to make up the lost time.
b. lost sales/business/earnings etc sales, business etc that you could have had but did not:
The strike has cost the company £2 million in lost revenue.
4. feel/be lost to not feel confident about what to do or how to behave:
It’s not unusual to feel rather lost when you first start college.
She’s a great friend and I’d be lost without her.
5. Get lost! spoken used to rudely tell someone to go away or to stop annoying you
6. NOT NOTICING [not before noun] thinking so hard about something, or being so interested in something, that you do not notice what is happening around you
lost in
Harry just stood there, lost in thought.
Amy lay on her bed, totally lost in her book.
7. get lost (in something) to be forgotten or not noticed in a complicated process or in a busy time:
It’s easy for your main points to get lost in a long speech.
8. NOT UNDERSTAND be lost to be completely confused by a complicated explanation:
‘Do you understand what I mean?’ ‘Not really. I’m a bit lost.’
9. be lost on somebody if something is lost on someone, they do not understand or want to accept it:
The joke was completely lost on Chris.
10. be lost for words to be unable to say anything because you are very surprised, upset etc:
For once in her life, she was lost for words.
11. NOT EXISTING [only before noun] that no longer exists or that you no longer have:
the relics of a lost civilization
She wept for her broken dreams and lost youth.
12. lost cause something that has no chance of succeeding:
Trying to interest my son in classical music is a lost cause.
13. lost soul someone who does not seem to know where they are or what to do – often used humorously
14. all is not lost used to say that success is still possible, even though there have been problems or failures
⇨ give somebody up for dead/lost etc at give up(7), ⇨ long-lost, ⇨ make up for lost time at MAKE UP FOR(4), ⇨ there is no love lost between somebody and somebody at love2(10)
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the past tense and past participle of lose
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adjective1. CANNOT FIND YOUR WAY if you are lost, you do not know where you are and are unable to find your way somewhere: 2. CANNOT BE FOUND if something is lost, you had it but cannot now find
SYN missing:
3. WASTED
a. lost time or opportunities have not been used in the way that would have given you the greatest advantage:
b. lost sales/business/earnings etc sales, business etc that you could have had but did not:
4. feel/be lost to not feel confident about what to do or how to behave:
5. Get lost! spoken used to rudely tell someone to go away or to stop annoying you
6. NOT NOTICING [not before noun] thinking so hard about something, or being so interested in something, that you do not notice what is happening around you
lost in
7. get lost (in something) to be forgotten or not noticed in a complicated process or in a busy time:
8. NOT UNDERSTAND be lost to be completely confused by a complicated explanation:
9. be lost on somebody if something is lost on someone, they do not understand or want to accept it:
10. be lost for words to be unable to say anything because you are very surprised, upset etc:
11. NOT EXISTING [only before noun] that no longer exists or that you no longer have:
12. lost cause something that has no chance of succeeding:
13. lost soul someone who does not seem to know where they are or what to do – often used humorously
14. all is not lost used to say that success is still possible, even though there have been problems or failures
⇨ give somebody up for dead/lost etc at give up(7), ⇨ long-lost, ⇨ make up for lost time at MAKE UP FOR(4), ⇨ there is no love lost between somebody and somebody at love2(10)
Lost
Lost /lɒst $ lɒːst/
a US drama television series about the lives of people who survive on a TROPICAL ISLAND after a plane flying between Sydney and Los Angeles crashes. The series has won both Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
Lost /lɒst $ lɒːst/
a US drama television series about the lives of people who survive on a TROPICAL ISLAND after a plane flying between Sydney and Los Angeles crashes. The series has won both Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
