lost後加her反身代詞形式herself。
Did Andrew or Alice lose herself confidence?
是安德魯還是艾麗斯失去了信心
To dare is to lose one ' s footing momentarily . to not dare is to lose oneself奮勇向前會讓人暫時失去立足點，但猶豫不前卻會讓人徹底喪失自我。
lose
[luz lu:z]
(lost[l)st l)st])
及物動詞
1 失
a. (不小心而) 失去<物> 遺忘，遺失
Don't ~ the money.
不要丟錢
He has lost his keys.
他丟了鑰匙
b. (因事故等而) 失去
~ one's life
喪生
~ one's job
失業
She lost her only son in a car accident.
她在一次汽車車禍中喪失了唯一的兒子
c. (無法維持而) 失去…
~ one's balance
失去平衡
~ color
失色，臉色發白
~ one's health
失去健康
~ heart
灰心
~ (one's) patience
變得無法忍耐 [失去耐心]
~ one's reason [senses]
失去理性 [理智]
She has lost her sense of direction.
她已無法辨認方向 [失去方向感]
I lost my temper.
我發怒了
2
a. 迷失 <方向> ，找不到<路>
The traveler lost his way in the mountains.
旅人在山中迷了路
b. [~ oneself]迷路，走失 迷惑
(cf. lost 5)
He lost himself in the woods.
他在森林中迷路
3 失去<機會>，(英罕)未能趕上<車子等>
~ a train [a bus， a sale， the post]
未能趕上火車 [公共汽車，出售，郵遞]
4 a. 看[聽]漏…
His last few words were lost in the roar of the crowd.
他的最後幾個字被羣衆的吼聲掩蓋而沒能聽到
b. [~ oneself]消失[在…中][in]
Soon the moon lost itself in the clouds.
不久月亮消失在雲層之中
He was quite lost in the crowd.
他消失在人羣之中完全看不見
5[~ oneself]使…沉迷於[in]
He lost himself in thought [a comic book].
他在沉思 [沉迷於一本漫畫書]
6 a. 浪費 <時間、努力等>
(←→ gain)
There is not a moment to ~ [to be lost].
一刻都不能浪費，刻不容緩，分秒必爭
b. 浪費… [在做…] ， [因做…而] 浪費…[in]
I lost no time (in) telling him.
我立即告訴了他
You're losing your time trying to teach that boy.
你想教那男孩子，等於是浪費時間
No time should be lost in looking into the problem.
(1) 應該立即調查這個問題 (2) 不應該把時間浪費在調查這個問題
7
a. 輸<比賽等>
(←→ win)
~ a race [battle]
輸了一場賽跑 [戰役]
b. 未能得 <獎等>
8<事態>使<人>失去 <勝利、職業等>
This lost them the victory.
這使他們喪失了勝利的機會
The bet lost me.
￡100.那場賭局使我輸掉了一百英鎊
His impudence lost him her favor.
他因鹵莽而未能博得她的歡心
9 滅亡…，破壞…中
The ship and its crew were lost at sea.
船和隨船人員都在航海中遇難覆滅
We are lost!.
我們完了!
10
a. 解除，不再有 <病、恐懼等>
I have lost my cold.
我感冒已經好了
~ one's fear
不再懼怕
b. 減少 <體重等>
He's trying to ~ weight.
他在試著減輕體重 [減肥]
11 <鐘錶>會慢 <某一單位的時間>
(←→ gain)
This clock ~s five minutes a day.
這時鐘一天慢五分鐘
不及物動詞
1 輸，敗[to]
I'm afraid our team will ~.
恐怕我們的隊會輸
He didn't want to ~ to me.
他不想輸給我
2 [因…而]蒙受損害，蒙受損失 [by，on]
You've lost by your honesty.
你因老實而吃虧
He lost on the contract.
他因那合約而虧損
3 <鐘錶>會走慢
(←→ gain)
This watch is apt to ~.
這隻表有走慢的趨勢
4 [在…方面]衰弱，衰退，遜色[in]
~ in speed [beauty]
速度 [美麗] 減慢 [衰退]
A story does not ~ in the telling.
故事說起來總是會加油添醋 [穿插不少細節]
lose out
(1) (倒楣地) 輸 [給對方] ，敗[給…][to]
(2) [於交易等] 蒙受 (大) 損失 [在…方面]未能贏取 [獲得] [on]
