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

• Individual companies would lose out; but overall, the global economy would benefit.
  个别公司可能会因此出局，但整体而言，全球经济将会受益。
• 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。
• Did they take advantage of their first three months in college, or did they lose out by spending too much time on Skype?
  他们是否充分利用了大学的前三个月呢？或者他们是否因为花费太多时间在网络电话上而过于松懈了呢？
• 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。
• If not, you're going to lose out to the TV shows, movies, games, and Web applications that make their functions clear and obvious.
  如果没有，那么您将在与具有清晰且突出的功能的电视剧、电影、游戏和Web应用程序的竞争中失败。
• Mentally and emotionally you are likely to lose out if you let your heart rule your head.
  让感情左右了头脑会从精神上和感情上发现很失败。
• So you are not going to see people giving yachts away I've never lost$ 2bn overnight, but if you do lose out, I'm sure it gives you a cold sweat.
  所以你不会看到人们放弃游艇我从没有在一夜之间损失20亿美元，但你若真的赔了，我确信这会让你一身冷汗。
• We will lose out badly later on.
  我们以后可能栽大跟头。
• Keep improving one's superior position in the chosen discipline so as not to lose out to a competitor.
  在某一已选择的准则上持续改进，以免落后于竞争者。
• I'm afraid that he may lose out to larger firms.
  恐怕他会输给大公司。