In an earlier generation, we lost our connection to the land, and now we are losing our connection to the machinery we depend on," says Michael Hout, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
A Nation That's Losing Its Toolbox The scene inside the Home Depot on Weyman Avenue here would give the old-time American craftsman pause
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
Wasting food means losing not only life-supporting nutrition but also precious resources, including land, water and energy.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
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VERB
輸掉（比賽、戰斗、爭論等）
If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you.
例句
A C Milan lost the Italian Cup Final...
AC米蘭隊輸掉了意大利杯決賽。
The government lost the argument over the pace of reform...
政府在有關改革步調快慢的爭論中是輸家。
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VERB
遺失；丟失
If you lose something, you do not know where it is, for example because you have forgotten where you put it.
例句
I lost my keys...
我把鑰匙丟了。
I had to go back for my checkup; they'd lost my X-rays.
我得回去再做一次體檢。他們把我的X光片弄丟了。
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VERB
（因被奪走或遭損壞而）喪失，失去
You say that you lose something when you no longer have it because it has been taken away from you or destroyed.
例句
I lost my job when the company moved to another state...
公司搬到了另一個州，我便失業了。
He lost his licence for six months...
他被吊銷執照半年。
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VERB
喪失，失去（某一特性、特點、態度或信念）
If someone loses a quality, characteristic, attitude, or belief, they no longer have it.
例句
He lost all sense of reason...
他完全喪失了理智。
The government had lost all credibility...
政府的誠信喪失殆盡。
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VERB
（因意外等）喪失，失去（某種能力）
If you lose an ability, you stop having that ability because of something such as an accident.
例句
They lost their ability to hear...
他們失去了聽覺。
He had lost the use of his legs.
他雙腿的功能已經喪失。
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VERB
散失（熱量）
If someone or something loses heat, their temperature becomes lower.
例句
Babies lose heat much faster than adults...
嬰兒散失熱量較成人快很多。
A lot of body heat is lost through the scalp.
大量體熱通過頭皮散失。
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VERB
損失（血或體液）
If you lose blood or fluid from your body, it leaves your body so that you have less of it.
例句
The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood...
受害者受了重傷，大量失血。
During fever a large quantity of fluid is lost in perspiration.
發燒時，大量水分會通過排汗而喪失。
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VERB
減輕（體重）
If you lose weight, you become less heavy, and usually look thinner.
例句
I have lost a lot of weight...
我體重減了不少。
Martha was able to lose 25 pounds.
瑪莎減掉了25磅。
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VERB
（因手術或意外）喪失，失去（身體部位）
If you lose a part of your body, it is cut off in an operation or in an accident.
例句
He lost a foot when he was struck by a train.
他給火車撞傷，失去了一只腳。
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VERB
喪失，失去（生命）
If someone loses their life, they die.
例句
...the ferry disaster in 1987, in which 192 people lost their lives...
1987年那場致使192人喪命的渡輪災難
Hundreds of lives were lost in fighting.
數以百計的人在戰斗中喪生。
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VERB
喪失，失去（親人或朋友）
If you lose a close relative or friend, they die.
例句
My Grandma lost her brother in the war.
我祖母在那場戰爭中失去了兄弟。
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VERB
（災難）損毀，毀滅
If things are lost, they are destroyed in a disaster.
例句
...the famous Nankin pottery that was lost in a shipwreck off the coast of China.
在中國沿海的一場海難中損毀的著名白底青花瓷
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VERB
錯過，浪費（時間）
If you lose time, something slows you down so that you do not make as much progress as you hoped.
例句
They claim that police lost valuable time in the early part of the investigation...
他們聲稱警方在調查之初錯過了寶貴的時間。
Six hours were lost in all.
一共浪費了6個小時。
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VERB
錯過，浪費（機會）
If you lose an opportunity, you do not take advantage of it.
例句
If you don't do it soon you're going to lose the opportunity...
不趕緊行動就沒機會了。
They did not lose the opportunity to say what they thought of events.
他們不失時機地表達了自己對事件的看法。
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VERB
使專注（于）；使沉湎（于）
If you lose yourself in something or if you are lost in it, you give a lot of attention to it and do not think about anything else.
例句
Michael held on to her arm, losing himself in the music...
邁克爾抓著她的手臂，沉醉于音樂中。
He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape.
他對著眼前的景色沉思起來。
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VERB
虧損
If a business loses money, it earns less money than it spends, and is therefore in debt.
例句
His shops stand to lose millions of pounds...
他的店鋪很可能會損失數百萬英鎊。
$1 billion a year may be lost.
每年可能損失10億美元。
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VERB
使失敗；使失去
If something loses you a contest or loses you something that you had, it causes you to fail or to no longer have what you had.
例句
My own stupidity lost me the match...
是我自己的愚蠢使我輸掉了那場比賽。
His economic mismanagement has lost him the support of the general public.
他對經濟的管理不善使他失去了廣大民眾的支持。
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PHRASE
（表示在不成功的情況下）不會損失什么/將會損失慘重
If you say that you have nothing to lose, you mean that you will not suffer if your action is unsuccessful. If you say that you have much to lose, you mean that you may suffer if your action is unsuccessful.
例句
They say they have nothing to lose and will continue protesting until the government vetos the agreement...
他們說自己是死豬不怕開水燙，將會繼續抗議直到政府否決該協議為止。
Both countries have much to lose if there is a war.
若戰事一起，兩國均會損失慘重。
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PHRASE
大發雷霆；未能控制怒火（或情緒）
If someone loses it, they become extremely angry or upset.
例句
I completely lost it. I went mad, berserk.
我火冒三丈，發了瘋似的。
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PHRASE
發瘋；精神失常
If you say that someone is losing it, you mean that they are becoming crazy.
例句
I'm afraid he's really lost it.
我想他是真的發瘋了。
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PHRASE
抓住任何機會
If you say that someone loses no opportunity to do or say a particular thing, you are emphasizing that they do it or say it whenever it is possible.
例句
The President has lost no opportunity to capitalise on his new position...
總統抓住一切機會，大肆利用自己的新職位。
He said some sections of the press had lost no opportunity to create the impression that she was guilty.
他說新聞界有部分人不放過任何機會，力圖制造她有罪的印象。
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PHRASE
不浪費時間；趕緊；馬上
If you say that someone loses no time in doing something, you are emphasizing that they act quickly in order to benefit from a situation.
例句
Officials have lost no time in expressing their concern and grief over this incident...
眾官員第一時間表達了他們對這一事件的關切和悲傷。
Francine lost no time in defending herself.
弗朗辛立即為自己辯護。
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PHRASE
迷路；迷失方向
If you lose your way, you become lost when you are trying to go somewhere.
例句
The men lost their way in a sandstorm.
這些士兵在沙暴中迷了路。
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PHRASE
失去目標
If you say that someone loses their way, you think they no longer have a clear idea of what they want to do or achieve.
例句
For a while the artist completely lost his way. The famous humour gave way to sentimental nonsense...
有一陣子這位藝術家完全迷失了方向，其出了名的幽默風趣被傷感而煽情的不知所云取而代之。
If we cannot understand that there's an issue of principle here, then we have lost our way.
如果我們看不到這里的原則問題的話，那么我們已經迷失方向了。