lose

be set at a disadvantage

处于不利地位

This author really suffers in translation

这位作者在翻译方面确实很吃力

suffer

fail to win

失败

We lost the battle but we won the war

我们输了，但我们赢了

retreat

撤退

fall back

drop off

fall behind

recede

place (something) where one cannot find it again

把（某物）放在不能再找到的地方

I misplaced my eyeglasses

我把眼镜放错地方了

misplace

mislay

suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

因死亡或迁移而遭受损失

She lost her huand in the war

她在战争中失去了丈夫

The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her

当亲生父母认领孩子时，想的夫妇失去了她

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

不能感知或理解感官或思想

I missed that remark

我没听到那句话

She missed his point

她没抓住他的重点

We lost part of what he said

我们失去了他说的一部分

miss

allow to go out of sight

允许离开视线

The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light

在红灯前停下来，把他跟踪的那个人弄丢了

miss from one's possessions

失物

lose sight of

看不见

I've lost my glasses again!

我又把眼镜丢了！

fail to keep or to maintain

未能保持或未能保持

cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

停止拥有，无论是身体上的还是抽象意义上的

She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat

她把钱包放在座位上无人看管时丢了

fail to get or obtain

得不到

I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad

我失去了在国外度过一年的机会

fail to make money in a business

生意不赚钱

make a loss or fail to profit

亏损或不能盈利

I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!

我在那笔糟糕的投资上损失了几千美元！

The company turned a loss after the first year

公司在年后扭亏为盈

turn a loss