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单词 loss
释义

lossnoun

uk/lɒs/us/lɑːs/

B2 [ C or U ] the fact that you no longer have something or have less of something:

Many parents feel a sense of loss when their children leave home.
He suffered a gradual loss of memory.
There will be substantial job losses if the factory closes down.
blood/hair/weight loss

C2 [ S ] a disadvantage caused by someone leaving or by something being taken away:

It would be a great loss to the department if you left.

B2 [ C or U ] the death of a person:

They never got over the loss of their son.

C1 [ C ] a situation in which a business spends more money than it earns:

The company announced a pre-tax loss of three million dollars.
loss of life

an occasion when a number of people die:

The plane crashed with serious loss of life.

More examples

  • Both viruses cause fever and loss of appetite.
  • Her death is a grievous loss to the whole of the community.
  • The bomb explosion resulted in a tragic loss of life.
  • The club does not accept responsibility for loss of or damage to club members' personal property.
  • Naturally we want to see as few job losses in the industry as possible.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Losing and loss

  • astray
  • black hole
  • disappear
  • escape
  • forfeit
  • get to
  • haemorrhage
  • kiss
  • lose
  • lose your way idiom
  • lost
  • mislay
  • misplace
  • miss
  • say
  • slip away
  • slip through sb's fingers idiom
  • walkabout
  • wave
  • wave/say goodbye to sth idiom

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Advantage and disadvantage
Death and dying
Accounting
Profits & losses

Idiom(s)

be at a loss
one man's loss is another man's gain

lossnoun

uk/lɒs/us

[ C or U ] a situation in which you no longer have something or have less of something, or the process that causes this:

The loss of jobs in the convenience food industry seems inevitable.
loss of earnings/income/pay She received compensation for loss of earnings through the illness.
a loss in sth The new road will cause losses in economic value to many local properties.

[ C ] FINANCE, COMMERCE a situation in which a business or an organization spends more money than it earns, or loses money in another way:

announce/post/report a loss (of sth) The company announced a loss of €1.3m last year.
a loss in revenue
big/financial/heavy losses
a net/operating loss
a pre-tax/after-tax loss
incur/make/realize a loss In a bid to attract customers, some insurers may even be making a loss on contracts marketed to certain key buyers.
a loss on an investment/a sale

[ C ] STOCK MARKET a situation in which the value of shares goes down:

a loss in sth Gains in oil and gas were partly offset by losses in consumer products and precious metals.

[ U ] INSURANCE a situation in which property is damaged, lost, or stolen, and an insurance company must pay to replace it:

We will cover your house contents against accidental loss or damage during the removal.

[ C ] a disadvantage caused by someone leaving an organization:

be a loss to sb/sth It would be a great loss to the department if you left.
loss of face

a situation in which someone loses the respect of other people because of something they have done:

His first deal with the company had turned into a very public loss of face.
See also
lose
operate, run, etc. at a loss

FINANCE, COMMERCE to fail to make a profit in a business:

Of the 235 large industrial projects, 46 are running at a loss.
Compare
gain noun
profit noun
See also
actual loss
all-loss
annual loss
capital loss
credit loss
exceptional loss
first-half loss
full-year loss
gross loss
job loss
loan loss
net loss
one-time loss
operating loss
paper loss
passive loss
quarterly loss
tax loss
trading loss
underwriting loss
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