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

• Without the shield of single-market rules, London could lose out to rival EU centres.
  失去统一市场庇护的伦敦可能会在欧盟金融中心的竞争中败下阵来。
• 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。
• Why should anyone else lose out.
  为什么没有其他人出去。
• 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。
• China does not qualify, so it will lose out.
  中国不符合该要求，所以将要出局。
• He or she will become your crutch and you will lose out on meeting other people and potential friends.
  他或她可能会成为你的感情支柱，于是你便失去了结识他人和潜在朋友的机会。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。