lose out

英 [luːz aʊt]

美 [luːz aʊt]

失败; 受损; 吃亏

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 失败；受损；吃亏
  If youlose out, you suffer a loss or disadvantage because you have not succeeded in what you were doing.
  1. We both lost out...
     我们俩都输了。
  2. Laura lost out to Tom...
     劳拉输给了汤姆。
  3. Women have lost out in this new pay flexibility...
     在这一新的薪资弹性化政策中吃亏的是女性。
  4. Egypt has lost out on revenues from the Suez Canal.
     埃及在苏伊士运河上的收益上受了损。

双语例句

• Keep improving one's superior position in the chosen discipline so as not to lose out to a competitor.
  在某一已选择的准则上持续改进，以免落后于竞争者。
• Mentally and emotionally you are likely to lose out if you let your heart rule your head.
  让感情左右了头脑会从精神上和感情上发现很失败。
• A single chink in our armour at the negotiating table means we could lose out badly.
  谈判中我们的任何一点薄弱环节都意味着我们可能会惨败。
• Why should anyone else lose out.
  为什么没有其他人出去。
• You can't assume, just because you have experienced a loss at some time in the past, that you are automatically destined to lose out in the future.
  仅仅因为你曾经在过去某个时间经历过这样的损失，所以你总是认为将来总会失败。
• We will lose out badly later on.
  我们以后可能栽大跟头。
• If things go wrong I'm the one who'll lose out, not you.
  事情若有差错，受损的是我，不是你。
• No matter how long you leave your money undisturbed you're bound to lose out eventually.
  不论你多长时间不动用你的钱，你最后肯定要输掉的。
• Did they take advantage of their first three months in college, or did they lose out by spending too much time on Skype?
  他们是否充分利用了大学的前三个月呢？或者他们是否因为花费太多时间在网络电话上而过于松懈了呢？
• Will the Americans lose out to the Japanese in computers?
  在计算机行业上，美国人会输给日本人吗？