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

• 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。
• 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。
• I'm afraid that he may lose out to larger firms.
  恐怕他会输给大公司。
• 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。
• 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。
• China does not qualify, so it will lose out.
  中国不符合该要求，所以将要出局。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We will lose out badly later on.
  我们以后可能栽大跟头。