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单词 to lose aim
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to lose aim
a. To fail to obtain (something one might have had): occasionally const. to. Also, to fail to catch (a train, etc.). †to lose aim: to miss one's mark.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > not obtaining or acquiring > not to obtain [verb (transitive)]
mistec1275
missa1325
tinea1325
fail1377
losea1387
to come short of1570
to fall by1614
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] > fail to strike
misyengec1275
miss1535
fail1590
to lose aim1611
to fall shorta1688
err1801
society > travel > rail travel > [verb (transitive)] > fail to catch a train
lose1884
miss1886
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 185 He schal lese [MS. γ luse] hevene þat wil hem take awey.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 153 Adam for Pride loste his pris.
a1400 K. Alis. (Linc. Inn MS.) 4282 Darie haþ ylost his pray.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 40 Wheder I lose or I wyn, In fayth, thi felowship Set I not at a pyn.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxljv Meanyng not to lose so great a prey.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. x. 42 Hee shall in no wise lose his reward. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 71 Shall I do that which all the Parthian Darts, (Though Enemy) lost ayme, and could not. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 78 Our doubts are traitors And makes vs loose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. View more context for this quotation
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour v. i. sig. K2 If you forsweare your selfe we shall not prosper. I'll rather loose my longing.
1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1656) iv. 132 Where God loses his praise, man will certainly lose his comforts.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 May (1948) I. 267 Mr. secretary..brought me to our town's end in his coach; so I lost my walk.
1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. xii. 305 The swift footed Salius lost the prize to young Euryalus.
1830 J. Jekyll Let. 27 Nov. in Corr. (1894) 256 Rather than lose her legacy, she hung him on to the window bar.
1884 Congregationalist June 493 I once nearly lost a train on account of it.
1900 ‘F. Anstey’ Brass Bottle ii. 22 ‘A guinea. For the last time. You'll lose it, sir’, said the auctioneer to the little man.
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