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lost BrE /lɒst/
NAmE /lɔːst/► SEE ALLall is not lostbe lost for wordsbe lost in sthbe lost on sbbe lost to the worldbe/feel lost without sb/sthget lost!give sb/sth up for losta lost causemake up for lost timethere’s no love lost between A and Bthere’s no time to losethere’s no time to be lost
●ˌall is not ˈlost (saying) there is still a chance that you may succeed, survive, etc. 还有一线希望（或生机等）◆I know things look bad, but all is not lost.
我知道情况看起来不妙，但是毕竟还有一线希望。●be lost for ˈwordsbe so surprised, confused, etc. that you do not know what to say （惊讶、困惑等得）不知说什么才好◆When he told me what she’d done to him I was lost for words.
他告诉我她对他的所作所为时，我惊讶得说不出话来。●be ˈlost in sthbe giving all your attention to sth so that you do not notice what is happening around you 全神贯注于；沉浸于◆to be lost in thought / admiration
陷入沉思／钦佩不已●be ˈlost on sbnot be understood or noticed by sb 未被某人理解（或注意到）◆I’m afraid that joke was lost on me.
恐怕我没有领会那个笑话。◆Good writing is lost on him. He’s just not interested in literature.
他不会欣赏好文章，他对文学根本就不感兴趣。●be lost to the ˈworldbe giving all your attention to sth so that you do not notice what is happening around you 把整个世界忘之脑后；（全神贯注于某事而）不注意周围的事情◆When I went into his office he was staring out of the window, apparently lost to the world.
我走进他的办公室时，他正望着窗外出神。●be/feel ˈlost without sb/sthfeel unable to work or live without sb/sth 离开…便感觉无法工作（或生活）◆I left my watch at home and I feel lost without it.
我把手表落在家里了，没了手表感觉魂不守舍。◆I’m completely lost without my diary.
不记日记我就活不下去。●get ˈlost! (informal) an impolite way of telling sb to go away, or of refusing sth （让人走开或拒绝某事物时的不礼貌说法）哪儿凉快哪儿呆着去，滚开◆I told him to get lost, but it makes no difference, he just keeps following me around.
我让他滚开，但是毫无用处，他还是紧紧跟着我。●give sb/sth up for ˈlost (formal) stop looking for sb/sth because you no longer expect to find them/it 认为…已没有被找到的希望；认定某人已死（或某物已失踪）◆The fishermen had been given up for lost in the storm but they have now arrived safely back.
人们本来认定这些渔民已在风暴中丧生，可他们却平安归来了。●a lost ˈcausean ambition, project or aim which seems certain to end in failure 败局已定的抱负（或项目、目标）；已注定的败局◆For many years he supported the development of the electric car, but he now thinks it’s a lost cause.
多年来他一直支持电动汽车的研制，但是现在却认为这一行没希望。◆Trying to help him to improve his pronunciation is a lost cause.
想帮他纠正发音是不可能的事。●make up for lost ˈtimedo sth quickly or very often because you wish you had started doing it sooner 补回失去的时间◆The building work is now behind schedule, but contractors are confident that they can make up for lost time.
这项建筑工程目前落后于预定计划，但是承包人有信心把失去的时间补回来。●there’s no ˈlove lost between A and B (informal) two people dislike each other （两人之间）彼此厌恶，互无好感◆They may have been the best of friends when they were younger but there’s no love lost between them now.他们在年轻时曾经是最好的朋友，但是现在却彼此厌恶。●there’s no time to ˈlose●there’s no time to be ˈlost (saying) you must act quickly 必须立刻行动；没有时间可耽搁了◆Come on, there’s no time to lose! The plane leaves in half an hour!快点，不能再耽搁了！飞机半个小时后起飞！ |