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

• Will the Americans lose out to the Japanese in computers?
  在计算机行业上，美国人会输给日本人吗？
• I'm afraid that he may lose out to larger firms.
  恐怕他会输给大公司。
• Initially, the country managers resisted, fearing some of their local financial clients might lose out.
  最初，中国和印度的管理人员对此有抵制，他们担心此举可能会导致当地的金融行业客户流失。
• 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。
• Laura lost out to Tom
  劳拉输给了汤姆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If things go wrong I'm the one who'll lose out, not you.
  事情若有差错，受损的是我，不是你。
• 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。