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

• 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。
• 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。
• If a customer falls for a fake, they obviously lose out.
  如果消费者买到假货，显然受损的是他们。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？