1losing of sth失去ADJECTIVE | VERB + LOSS | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤appreciable, considerable, significant, substantial相當大的損失;重大的損失▸➤dramatic, great, huge, major, serious巨大的損失;嚴重的損失◇the dramatic loss of farmland to urban growth城市擴張造成的農田巨量縮減◇Reductions in spending would have led to a much greater loss of jobs.削減開支本來會導致更大規模的失業。◇She suffered a significant loss of hearing after the operation.她自手術後聽力便大大下降了。➤slight輕微的損失➤partial, total部份損失;完全喪失◇partial loss of eyesight視力的部份喪失➤permanent, temporary永久的/暫時的損失➤gradual, progressive逐漸的/逐步的喪失◇a gradual loss of hope希望的逐漸喪失➤rapid快速的喪失◇rapid weight loss體重的快速下降➤blood, fat, hair, hearing, heat, memory, water, weight失血;減肥;脫髮;失聰;熱量流失;失憶;失水;體重下降◇Weight loss can be a sign of a serious illness.體重下降可能是重病的信號。➤job工作崗位的喪失◇The company is expected to announce 200 job losses.預計公司要宣佈削減 200 個工作崗位。VERB + LOSS➤suffer遭受損失◇He suffered a loss of confidence.他喪失了信心。➤cause導致損失◇The knife hit an artery, causing significant blood loss.刀子刺中了一條動脈,引起了嚴重失血。➤prevent預防損失◇They form a barrier to prevent water loss.它們形成了一道屏障來防止水分流失。PREPOSITION➤loss of⋯的喪失◇loss of appetite沒有胃口◇loss of confidence失去信心➤loss to對⋯而言的損失◇Her suicide was a terrible loss to the music world.她的自殺是音樂界的重大損失。PHRASES➤no great loss算不上大損失◇She wouldn't be able to attend the lecture, which was no great loss.她沒能去聽講座,其實也沒有什麼損失。➤be at a loss迷惑不解◇We are at a loss to understand his actions (= we cannot understand them).我們對他的行動迷惑不解。➤a sense of loss失落感◇She was filled with an overwhelming sense of loss.她的心中充滿了十分強烈的失落感。loss
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2amount of money lost虧損ADJECTIVE | VERB + LOSS | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤catastrophic, enormous, heavy, huge, massive, serious, significant, substantial災難性的虧損;巨額虧損;嚴重虧損▸➤slight, small輕微的虧損▸➤net淨虧損▸➤pre-tax稅前虧損▸➤overall, total總體虧損;虧損總額➤annual, quarterly年度/季度虧損▸➤economic, financial經濟/財政虧損▸➤trading貿易虧損➤long-term, short-term長期/短期虧損◇long-term tax revenue losses長期的稅收虧損VERB + LOSS➤incur, make, suffer, sustain, take導致虧損;遭受虧損◇There's no way you can make a loss on this deal.這筆生意你無論如何虧不了。◇The business sustained losses of €20 million.這家公司蒙受了 2,000 萬歐元的虧損。◇The company took a big loss of 28%.該公司遭受了 28% 的巨額虧損。➤cut, minimize, reduce減少虧損;將虧損降到最低;降低虧損◇He decided to cut his losses and sell the shares before they sank further.他決定在股票繼續下跌之前賣出,以減少虧損。➤recoup, recover挽回/彌補虧損◇It took the company five years to recoup its losses.公司用了 5 年才賺回虧損額。➤absorb抵消虧損◇The fund may not be large enough to absorb these losses.這筆資金數額不夠大,沒法抵消這些虧損。➤offset抵消損失◇We can offset the loss against next year's budget.我們可以用明年的預算抵消虧損。➤underwrite承擔損失◇No bank would be willing to underwrite such a loss.沒有哪家銀行願意承擔這樣的虧損。PREPOSITION➤at a loss虧本◇The store was operating at a loss.商店在虧本經營。➤loss on在⋯上的虧本◇We made a net loss on the transaction.我們這筆交易出現了淨虧損。loss
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3the death of a person死亡ADJECTIVE | VERB + LOSSADJECTIVE➤enormous, great, terrible, tremendous巨大的傷亡;大量死亡◇The family has suffered a terrible loss.這個家庭減員嚴重。◇The ship sank with great loss of life.船沉了,大量人員遇難。◇His passing is a tremendous loss for all of us.他的辭世是我們所有人的巨大損失。➤sad, tragic令人悲哀的/悲劇性的死亡◇the tragic loss of her husband她丈夫的悲劇性死亡➤big, catastrophic, devastating, great, heavy, severe大量的傷亡;災難性的傷亡;毀滅性的傷亡;慘重的傷亡◇the devastating losses of the war戰爭造成的毀滅性傷亡◇The enemy suffered heavy losses.敵軍傷亡慘重。VERB + LOSS➤suffer, sustain, take遭受死亡◇Our country had sustained a tremendous loss of innocent life.我們國家有大量無辜平民喪生。➤inflict使遭受傷亡◇Fighter planes inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.戰鬥機使敵人遭受重大傷亡。➤grieve, lament, mourn, regret哀悼死亡◇China mourned the loss of a great leader.中國悼念一位偉大領袖的逝世。