英语词汇“dead loss”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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dead loss n

informal a person, thing, or situation that is completely useless or unprofitable
a complete loss for which no compensation is received

loss n.

the act of losing possession of something: [uncountable]bearing the loss of property.[countable]a temporary loss of hearing.
something that is lost:[countable]suffered huge losses in the market crash.
the death of a person:[countable]to mourn the loss of a grandparent.
a losing by defeat:[countable]Another two losses and our team will be eliminated.
decrease:[uncountable]loss of engine speed.

Idioms

Idioms at a loss:

at less than cost:selling everything at a loss.
in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty:I'm at a complete loss to understand what she's doing.

dead loss, [countable] a completely useless or worthless person or thing:That decrepit old car is a dead loss.

loss n.

detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:to bear the loss of a robbery.
something that is lost:The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery.
an amount or number lost:The loss of life increased each day.
the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had:the loss of old friends.
death, or the fact of being dead:to mourn the loss of a grandparent.
the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.:to discover the loss of a document.
a losing by defeat;
failure to win:the loss of a bet.
failure to make good use of something, as time;
waste.
failure to preserve or maintain:loss of engine speed at high altitudes.
destruction or ruin:the loss of a ship by fire.
a thing or a number of related things that are lost or destroyed to some extent:Most buildings in the burned district were a total loss.
Military
- the losing of soldiers by death, capture, etc.
- Often, losses. the number of soldiers so lost.
Business[Insurance.]occurrence of an event, as death or damage of property, for which the insurer makes indemnity under the terms of a policy.
Electricitya measure of the power lost in a system, as by conversion to heat, expressed as a relation between power input and power output, as the ratio of or difference between the two quantities.
Idioms at a loss:
- at less than cost;
  at a financial loss.
- in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty;
  puzzled;
  perplexed:We are completely at a loss for an answer to the problem.

bef. 900; Middle English; Old English los destruction; cognate with Old Norse los looseness, breaking up. See lose, loose

4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged privation, deprivation.

1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gain.

单词	dead loss
释义	Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dead loss n informal a person, thing, or situation that is completely useless or unprofitable a complete loss for which no compensation is received WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 loss /lɔs, lɑs/USA pronunciation n. the act of losing possession of something: [uncountable]bearing the loss of property.[countable]a temporary loss of hearing. something that is lost:[countable]suffered huge losses in the market crash. the death of a person:[countable]to mourn the loss of a grandparent. a losing by defeat:[countable]Another two losses and our team will be eliminated. decrease:[uncountable]loss of engine speed. Idioms Idioms at a loss: at less than cost:selling everything at a loss. in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty:I'm at a complete loss to understand what she's doing. dead loss, [countable] a completely useless or worthless person or thing:That decrepit old car is a dead loss. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 loss (lôs, los),USA pronunciation n. detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:to bear the loss of a robbery. something that is lost:The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery. an amount or number lost:The loss of life increased each day. the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had:the loss of old friends. death, or the fact of being dead:to mourn the loss of a grandparent. the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.:to discover the loss of a document. a losing by defeat; failure to win:the loss of a bet. failure to make good use of something, as time; waste. failure to preserve or maintain:loss of engine speed at high altitudes. destruction or ruin:the loss of a ship by fire. a thing or a number of related things that are lost or destroyed to some extent:Most buildings in the burned district were a total loss. Military the losing of soldiers by death, capture, etc. Often, losses. the number of soldiers so lost. Business[Insurance.]occurrence of an event, as death or damage of property, for which the insurer makes indemnity under the terms of a policy. Electricitya measure of the power lost in a system, as by conversion to heat, expressed as a relation between power input and power output, as the ratio of or difference between the two quantities. Idioms at a loss: at less than cost; at a financial loss. in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty; puzzled; perplexed:We are completely at a loss for an answer to the problem. bef. 900; Middle English; Old English los destruction; cognate with Old Norse los looseness, breaking up. See lose, loose 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged privation, deprivation. 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gain.
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