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

• Global trade makes countries as a whole richer, even if some people in those countries lose out.
  即便这些国家中有些人遭遇损失，但整体来看全球贸易让所有国家变得更为富有。
• Generally, Singaporeans are kiasu& they fear to lose out.
  新加坡人普遍存在着怕输心理。
• Avoid cashing in a policy early as you could lose out heavily
  不要提早兑现保单，那样你可能会损失惨重。
• 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。
• 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。
• So you are not going to see people giving yachts away I've never lost$ 2bn overnight, but if you do lose out, I'm sure it gives you a cold sweat.
  所以你不会看到人们放弃游艇我从没有在一夜之间损失20亿美元，但你若真的赔了，我确信这会让你一身冷汗。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm afraid that he may lose out to larger firms.
  恐怕他会输给大公司。
• Having learnt a lesson, China's leaders do not want to lose out on the information revolution.
  中国领导人得到了教训，不想在信息革命中再次失败。