新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

loss

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[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • losses

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 丧失

    Loss is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before.

    双语例句

    例:

    loss of sight.

    失明。

    例:

    hair loss.

    脱发。

    例:

    Wildlife is under threat from hunting, pollution and loss of habitat.

    野生生物受捕猎、污染和失去栖息地的威胁。

    例:

    The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.

    此次裁员会将员工总数减少到7000人。

    2[C, U 有变体名词] 死亡

    Loss of life occurs when people die.

    双语例句

    例:

    a terrible loss of human life.

    人员死亡惨重。

    3[U 不可数名词] (亲人、朋友的)亡故

    The loss of a relative or friend is their death.

    近义词

    death

    双语例句

    例:

    They took the time to talk about the loss of Thomas and how their grief was affecting them.

    他们慢慢地谈了托马斯的死,以及悲伤给他们带来的影响。

    4[U 不可数名词] 失落感

    Loss is the feeling of sadness you experience when someone or something you like is taken away from you.

    双语例句

    例:

    Talk to others about your feelings of loss and grief.

    向别人倾诉你的失落和悲伤。

    5[C 可数名词] 损失

    A loss is the disadvantage you suffer when a valuable and useful person or thing leaves or is taken away.

    双语例句

    例:

    She said his death was a great loss to herself.

    她说他的去世对于她来说是个巨大的损失。

    6[U 不可数名词] (热量、血液或液体等的)流失

    The loss of something such as heat, blood, or fluid is the gradual reduction of it or of its level in a system or in someone's body.

    双语例句

    例:

    blood loss.

    失血。

    例:

    a rapid loss of heat from the body.

    体内热量迅速流失。

    7[C, U 有变体名词] 亏损

    If a business makes a loss, it earns less than it spends.

    双语例句

    例:

    In 1986 Rover made a loss of nine hundred million dollars.

    1986年,罗孚集团亏损9亿美元。

    例:

    The company said it will stop producing fertilizer in 1990 because of continued losses.

    该公司称,由于持续亏损,将于1990年停止生产化肥。

    例:

    Both firms reported pre-tax losses in the first half.

    两家公司都报告上半年税前收入亏损。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • at a loss

    1亏本地

    If a business produces something at a loss, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Timber owners have often produced lumber at a loss and survived these down cycles in demand.

    木场主经常赔本生产木料,以便挺过低需求期。

  • be at a loss

    1不知所措

    If you say that you are at a loss, you mean that you do not know what to do in a particular situation.

    双语例句

    例:

    I was at a loss for what to do next.

    我不知道下一步该怎么办。