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

• 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。
• Laura lost out to Tom
  劳拉输给了汤姆。
• 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。
• I'm afraid that he may lose out to larger firms.
  恐怕他会输给大公司。
• They at least did not lose out in the struggle to keep up with inflation.
  他们在促使工资跟上通货膨胀的努力方面至少没有白费劲。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why should anyone else lose out.
  为什么没有其他人出去。
• Generally, Singaporeans are kiasu& they fear to lose out.
  新加坡人普遍存在着怕输心理。
• 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。