喜樂美語

You can picture 'loss' as the gap left behind when something you had is no longer there — you had it, now you don't, or you have less of it, and what stays with you is that empty space.

可以把 loss 想成『原本握在手裡的東西不見了以後，留下的那個缺口』——你本來有，現在沒了，或變少了；loss 講的常常就是那個空掉、少掉的地方。

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同家族的字

複數 losses

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

lossnoun詞源 1/lɒs/

  • 1

    The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.

    • loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.
    • People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to avoid a loss.
  • 2

    The destruction or ruin of an object.

  • 3

    Something that has been destroyed or ruined.

    • It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.
  • 4

    Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

    • The match ended in their first loss of the season.
  • 5

    The death of a person or animal.

    • We mourn his loss.
    • The battle was won, but losses were great.
  • 6

    The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.

    • Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.
  • 7

    businessfinancefinancialThe sum an entity loses on balance.

    • The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
  • 8

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesElectricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

    • The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid.

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