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Results for: "lose"

Translating from English to Chinese Simplified

Translations:

lose — cease to have in one's possession or capability
→ 失去 (shīqù)
→ 丢 (diū)
→ 丟 (diū)
lose — be a defeated competitor in
→ 输 (shū)
→ 丢失 (diūshī)
lose — be defeated
→ 输 (shū)
→ 丢失 (diūshī)

More translations:

lose
→ 丧失
lose
→ 失去
lose
→ 丢失
lose
→ 输去
lose
→ 白费

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (11)

1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense;
- Example: "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

2. fail to win;
- Example: "We lost the battle but we won the war"

3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal;
- Example: "She lost her husband in the war"
- Example: "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"

4. place (something) where one cannot find it again;
- Example: "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
[syn: misplace, mislay, lose]

5. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of;
- Example: "I've lost my glasses again!"

6. allow to go out of sight;
- Example: "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"

7. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit;
- Example: "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"
- Example: "The company turned a loss after the first year"
[syn: lose, turn a loss]

8. fail to get or obtain;
- Example: "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"

9. retreat;
[syn: fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede]

10. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind;
- Example: "I missed that remark"
- Example: "She missed his point"
- Example: "We lost part of what he said"
[syn: miss, lose]

11. be set at a disadvantage;
- Example: "This author really suffers in translation"
[syn: suffer, lose]