loss 音標拼音: [l'ɔs]
n .
U 損失,喪失,遺失;
U 輸,未獲得,未保住;
U 減少,浪費,未能利用;
C 損失物
U 損失,喪失,遺失;
U 輸,未獲得,未保住;
U 減少,浪費,未能利用;
C 損失物
loss 損耗
loss 損耗 損失
loss n 1 :
something that is lost ; "
the car was a total loss "; "
loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt "
2 :
gradual decline in amount or activity ; "
weight loss "; "
a serious loss of business "
3 :
the act of losing someone or something ; "
everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock "
4 :
the disadvantage that results from losing something ; "
his loss of credibility led to his resignation "; "
losing him is no great deprivation " [
synonym : {
loss }, {
deprivation }]
5 :
the experience of losing a loved one ; "
he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather "
6 :
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue ; "
the company operated at a loss last year "; "
the company operated in the red last year " [
synonym : {
loss }, {
red ink }, {
red }] [
ant : {
gain }]
7 :
military personnel lost by death or capture [
synonym : {
personnel casualty }, {
loss }]
8 :
euphemistic expressions for death ; "
thousands mourned his passing " [
synonym : {
passing }, {
loss }, {
departure }, {
exit },
{
expiration }, {
going }, {
release }]
Loss \
Loss \ (
l [
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s ;
115 ),
n . [
AS .
los loss ,
losing ,
fr .
le ['
i ]
san to lose . [
root ]
127 .
See {
Lose },
v .
t .]
1 .
The act of losing ;
failure ;
destruction ;
privation ;
as ,
the loss of property ;
loss of money by gaming ;
loss of health or reputation .
[
1913 Webster ]
Assured loss before the match be played . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The state of losing or having lost ;
the privation ,
defect ,
misfortune ,
harm ,
etc .,
which ensues from losing .
[
1913 Webster ]
Though thou repent ,
yet I have still the loss .
--
Shak [
1913 Webster ]
3 .
That which is lost or from which one has parted ;
waste ; --
opposed to {
gain }
or {
increase };
as ,
the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
The state of being lost or destroyed ;
especially ,
the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
Failure to gain or win ;
as ,
loss of a race or battle .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
Failure to use advantageously ;
as ,
loss of time .
[
1913 Webster ]
7 . (
Mil .)
Killed ,
wounded ,
and captured persons ,
or captured property .
[
1913 Webster ]
8 . (
Insurance )
Destruction or diminution of value ,
if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (
as destruction by fire or wreck ,
damage by water or smoke ),
or the death or injury of an insured person ;
also ,
the sum paid or payable therefor ;
as ,
the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To bear a loss },
to make a loss good ;
also ,
to sustain a loss without sinking under it .
{
To be at a loss },
to be in a state of uncertainty .
Syn :
Privation ;
detriment ;
injury ;
damage .
[
1913 Webster ]
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "
loss ":
ablation ,
annihilation ,
attrition ,
bankruptcy ,
bereavement ,
breakage ,
breakdown ,
collapse ,
confusion ,
consumption ,
corrosion ,
crack -
up ,
crippling ,
damage ,
death ,
decrement ,
defeat ,
deliquescence ,
demise ,
denial ,
depletion ,
deprivation ,
deprivement ,
destruction ,
detriment ,
devastation ,
dilapidation ,
diminution ,
disablement ,
disadvantage ,
disappearance ,
disappointment ,
dispossession ,
disrepair ,
dissipation ,
dissolution ,
divestment ,
downfall ,
drawback ,
drubbing ,
dying ,
encroachment ,
erosion ,
exhaustion ,
extermination ,
extinction ,
failure ,
forfeit ,
forfeiture ,
handicap ,
harm ,
havoc ,
hobbling ,
hurt ,
hurting ,
impairment ,
impoverishment ,
incapacitation ,
infringement ,
injury ,
inroad ,
liability ,
losing ,
losings ,
loss of ground ,
losses ,
maiming ,
mayhem ,
mischief ,
mislaying ,
misplacement ,
misplacing ,
mutilation ,
passing ,
prejudice ,
privation ,
reduction ,
ruin ,
ruination ,
ruinousness ,
sabotage ,
sacrifice ,
scathe ,
shrinkage ,
sickening ,
spoiling ,
squandering ,
step backward ,
trouncing ,
wastage ,
waste ,
wasting ,
weakening ,
wear and tear Something (not a person ) that loses ; a situation in
which something is losing . Emphatic forms include "moby
loss ", and "total loss ", "complete loss ". Common
interjections are "What a loss !" and "What a moby loss !"
Note that "moby loss " is OK even though **"moby loser " is not
used ; applied to an abstract noun , moby is simply a magnifier ,
whereas when applied to a person it implies substance and has
positive connotations .
Compare {lossage }.
1995 -04 -19 )loss :
n .
Something (
not a person )
that loses ;
a situation in which something is losing .
Emphatic forms include moby loss ,
and total loss ,
complete loss .
Common interjections are “
What a loss !”
and “
What a moby loss !”
Note that moby loss is OK even though **
moby loser is not used ;
applied to an abstract noun ,
moby is simply a magnifier ,
whereas when applied to a person it implies substance and has positive connotations .
Compare lossage .
LOSS ,
contracts .
The deprivation of something which one had ,
which was either advantageous ,
agreeable or commodious .
2 .
In cases of partnership ,
the losses are in general borne by the partners equally ,
unless stipulations or circumstance '
s manifest a different intention .
Story ,
Partn .
Sec .
24 .
But it is not essential that the partners should all share the losses .
They may agree ,
that if there shall be no profits ,
but a loss ,
that the loss shall be borne by one or more of the partners exclusively ,
and that the others shall ,
inter se ,
be exempted from all liabilities for losses .
Colly .
Partn .
11 ;
Gow ,
Partn .
9 ;
3 M . &
Wels .
357 ;
5 Barn . &
Ald .
954 Story ,
Partn .
Sec .
23 .
3 .
When a thing sold is lost by an accident ,
as by fire ,
the loss falls on the owner ,
res perit domino ,
and questions not unfrequently arise ,
as to whether the thing has been delivered and passed to the purchaser ,
or whether it remains still the property of the seller .
See ,
on this subject ,
Delivery .
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