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

• Generally, Singaporeans are kiasu& they fear to lose out.
  新加坡人普遍存在着怕输心理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Laura lost out to Tom
  劳拉输给了汤姆。
• 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。
• China does not qualify, so it will lose out.
  中国不符合该要求，所以将要出局。
• 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？
• We will lose out badly later on.
  我们以后可能栽大跟头。