7N-UNCOUNT (热量、血液、液体等的)流失,散失,减少 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. (热量、血液、液体等的)流失,散失,减少
...blood loss.
失血
...weight loss.
瘦身
...a rapid loss of heat from the body. [+ of]
体内热量的迅速散失
8PHRASE (经营)亏本地,赔钱地 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. (经营)亏本地,赔钱地 [business]
New fashion designs have to be sold off at a loss if sales are poor.
9PHRASE 茫然不知所措;不知如何是好 If you say that you are at a loss, you mean that you do not know what to do in a particular situation. 茫然不知所措;不知如何是好
I was at a loss for what to do next.
下一步该怎么做,我完全没谱。
The government is at a loss to know how to tackle the violence.
对于如何应对暴力问题,政府现在一筹莫展。
10PHRASE 及时止损;趁早撒手 If you cut your losses, you stop doing what you were doing in order to prevent the bad situation that you are in becoming worse. 及时止损;趁早撒手
Directors are right to cut their losses, admit they chose the wrong man and make a change.
董事们当断则断,承认自己选错了人,并且作了人员变更,这样做是正确的。
11PHRASE 无用的人(或物) If you say that someone or something is a dead loss, you have a low opinion of them because you think they are completely useless or unsuccessful. 无用的人(或物) [British, informal, disapproval]
I'd had no experience of organizing anything of that sort. I think I was largely a dead loss.
筹办那类活动我毫无经验。我看我基本是个废物。
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loss of appetite, loss of control, loss of income, loss of a job1