新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

lossIELTS重点词汇

英 [lɒs]

美 [lɔːs]

[NOUN]

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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。