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Definition of lost in English: lostverblɒst past and past participle of lose
adjective lɒst 1Unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts. 迷路的；迷失的 救命！我们迷路了！ Example sentencesExamples - But even so, you can still get lost down the trail, and that's the general idea.
- It was admittedly a much better walk though being lost as we went away from the main paths and more into proper forest.
- Last year the amount of skiable terrain was doubled, so it was inevitable that we would get lost.
- At the end, she decided to stick with the Main Street, so as not to be easily lost.
- So even if you've been before, there's a fair chance you'll get lost or disorientated.
- In a foreign environment things happen and without clear explanation you can get lost very quickly.
- Although the team got lost driving up, they were glad they came.
- I got lost driving back home, ended up on the way to Barking rather than Baker Street.
- With very few houses and tourist amenities it is very easy to get lost in these mountains after dark.
- Abraham, who got lost traveling to the city, was also a bit erratic with his driving on the course.
- However, evening had come, and he found himself thoroughly lost in the maze of crooked, narrow streets.
- At around 5am a lost and disorientated little black and white cat had appeared in their garden.
- You tell me, and I'll try not to get lost again the next time I drive through.
- The fire then merged with another started by a lost hiker signaling a helicopter.
- A fifth member turned up late, saying he got lost sightseeing, but the other four have not been seen.
- Even though the woodlands here are relatively small, it's easy to get lost in them if you don't follow the paths.
- It's easy to get lost in the old city of Damascus but don't panic: the Syrians are kind and helpful.
- But when road users, who were not familiar with the area, took the route, they got lost.
- He got lost searching for the computer room, and when he eventually did call me back, the system had already righted itself.
- I remember some of them quite vividly even though they got lost years and years ago.
Synonyms stray, astray, off-course, off-track, off the right track, disorientated, disoriented, having lost one's bearings, adrift, going round in circles, at sea - 1.1 Unable to be found.
遗失的；失去的 he turned up with my lost golf clubs 他带着我丢失的高尔夫球杆出现了。 Example sentencesExamples - I murmured a prayer to St. Anthony to find a lost paper, looked down, and my hand was on it.
- When we look hard we find things - lost notes and four-leaf clovers, invisible to less attentive eyes.
- If your pet is then lost or stolen, there is a good chance that your pet will be returned to you.
- When you poke about alongside a canal there are many lost and forgotten relics to be found of the old commercial nature of the place.
- A tearful little boy cannot sleep without a lost Teddy bear - which belonged to his baby brother.
- And in total I've probably spent more than a year looking for lost car keys.
- When he takes the back off to mend it, he finds the lost grand.
- Thus, owners seeking to recover their lost pets will often look to the civil law for a remedy.
- Behind the sofa is one of the places in a home where all the lost things end up.
- In some cases the card is not physically lost, but the critical information is in the possession of a third party.
- It's nice to know that 70 people were actually looking for the lost child, and that they knew that there was one to look for.
- Your cultural heritage is in critical danger of being lost and forgotten forever.
Synonyms missing, strayed, gone missing/astray, mislaid, misplaced, vanished, disappeared, forgotten, nowhere to be found absent, not present, gone - 1.2predicative Unable to understand or to cope with a situation.
she stood there clutching a drink, feeling completely lost 她端着一杯酒站在那里，感到十分迷惘。 没有她我会心神不宁的。 Example sentencesExamples - She felt lost, defeated in every aspect of herself.
- Tonight, I felt lost beyond anything I have felt the entire time I have been here.
- Knowing these people helps to understand why alcohol is such a boon to the lost and the lonely.
- At the moment though, I just feel rather lost and disorientated myself.
2That has been taken away or cannot be recovered. 丧失（的），逝去（的） if only one could recapture one's lost youth 要是能重新拥有逝去的青春，那该有多好！ Example sentencesExamples - Of course, in movies it is not always desirable to recover lost memories.
- All now turned on the outcome of John's attempt to recover his lost lands.
- The black market in the illegal fuel is estimated to cost the Government £450m in lost tax revenue a year.
- Back injuries result in millions of hours of lost work time and countless hours of pain for people everywhere.
- With a regular program of fitness the recovery of lost flexibility and strength will be noticeable.
- Other footballers find a way to reintegrate themselves into the sport and recover their lost reputations.
- These remarkably lenient terms will cost the council £273,000 in lost interest.
- Any nervousness quickly dissolved as we catch up on lost years.
- He will not be paid but he will be recompensed for lost wages.
- It's best not to stare at children too hard these days, but listening to them I found myself in some kind of reverie for my own lost youth.
- We made up lost time and arrived at Gare du Nord on time, to be loaded into taxis and driven to our hotel for baths and showers and drinks before dinner.
- It has also been said that some are trying to recapture lost youth after children have flown the nest.
- Smokers who quit will not recover lost lung function, but the rate of decline may revert to that of a non-smoker.
- Older players in the team are jealous of school-boys as they represent their lost youth.
- Police are still undertaking further investigations and trying to recover the lost relics.
- In his situation I imagined I would feel angry at lost years and frustrated dreams.
- Is it a longing for lost youth, a remembrance of a time of discovery when emotions were running out of control?
- Miserably, in trying to recover his lost childhood Jackson is depriving his own kids of theirs.
- It will fight the case that you are actually an employee and it will attempt to recover lost revenues.
- Bully is a disturbing film and some of its images of a lost and wasted youth are unforgettable.
Synonyms bygone, past, former, one-time, previous, old, olden, departed, vanished, forgotten, unremembered, unrecalled, consigned to oblivion, extinct, dead, lost and gone, lost in time out of date, outmoded French passé - 2.1 (of time or an opportunity) not used advantageously; wasted.
（时间，机会）错过的，浪费的 the decision meant a lost opportunity to create 200 jobs 这个决定意味着创造200个工作岗位的机会就此泡汤了。 Example sentencesExamples - For many in the developing world it has been a decade of lost opportunity.
- Has the educational system improved so much that it was worth the lost opportunities?
- The Central meanwhile were left to bemoan their lost opportunity to strike out.
- This bill is a lost opportunity for young people who need those services.
- Slow and stately movement is compounding the lost opportunities of earlier wasted years.
- In later years, she made up for this lost time, never missing an opportunity to add to her infamy.
- It also made them keen to make up for lost opportunity and learn more about where they came from.
- Over dedication to a certain plan may result in lost opportunity.
- The orphaned Garden Festival site became a byword in lost opportunity.
- The fact that this didn't happen in the first two years was a lost opportunity.
- The overall feeling I got from these three features was that it was a lost opportunity.
- The story of the aquaculture industry is one of lost opportunity under this Government.
- I was crying at the overwhelming sense of lost opportunity, and was probably not very good company in the bar afterwards.
- The fact he then learnt in a couple of weeks, but simply won't read books today, is an illustration of lost opportunity.
- It is going to be a massive era for British sport and for football not to play a part will be a lost opportunity.
- What is really worrying is the lost opportunity with regard to this bill.
- As a result, to varying degrees, they have all suffered years of lost opportunity.
- This could have been a lost opportunity for my friend to make a new friend and maybe meet others through him.
- The link as shown would have fitted very well into the city centre, and one cannot but lament the lost opportunity.
- One thing is certain; that after the passage of time nothing can be done about the lost opportunity.
Synonyms missed, forfeited, neglected, wasted, squandered, dissipated, gone by the board informal down the drain - 2.2 Having died or been destroyed.
死亡的；遇难的 a memorial to the lost crewmen 遇难机组成员纪念碑。 Example sentencesExamples - Every year the bodies of lost soldiers of World War One (1914-1918) are being unearthed.
- Attending the weekend were some of the survivors, crew members who had left ship before the sinking, relatives of the lost crew members and the captain of the U-Boat responsible.
- Participants will place 29 illuminated lanterns -- one for each of the lost crew members -- around the Fitzgerald's original anchor.
- Last week, the Australian navy took family members of the lost crew members out to the wreck site, where they held a ceremony and dropped wreaths into the water.
- The shrubbery was symbolic, and one particular tree was planted in memory of the Keller's lost son.
Synonyms extinct, died out, defunct, vanished, gone, perished destroyed, wiped out, ruined, wrecked, crushed, finished, demolished, obliterated, effaced, exterminated, eradicated, annihilated, extirpated
3(of a game or contest) in which a defeat has been sustained. （比赛，竞赛等）失败的，输掉的 the lost election of 1979 1979年的选举失败。 Example sentencesExamples - Despite the lost games and the current record, SFU players are not doing so badly.
- The highest magnitude of anything in comparison to death, in my life then, was a lost basketball game.
- The only thing wrong with him was probably a bombed test or a lost contest or something.
- Bulgaria ranks second with the same amount of points but with four lost games.
PhrasesUsed to suggest that there is still some chance of success or recovery. 还有机会（取得成功或东山再起） I know things look grim, but all is not lost Example sentencesExamples - Regardless of what the evidence might suggest, all is not lost.
- Fortunately all is not lost - on the landscape front at least.
- Meanwhile, all is not lost in this dismal scenario.
- But all is not lost for the pretty singer who is due to give birth today, there are already a number of top record companies knocking on her door.
- On the musical side of the Carnival, all is not lost, though.
- However, in spite of the gloom, government sources yesterday suggested that perhaps all is not lost.
- However, all is not lost for the field hockey team.
- Listening to this, made me feel that all is not lost yet.
- Just to show that all is not lost as far as civility in Anglo-Saxon politics is concerned, let me tell a fourth story from much more recent times.
- Well, it may be a mangled mess, but all is not lost.
Be so surprised, confused, or upset that one cannot think what to say. 因非常惊讶（或迷惑、失望）而一时语塞 never loquacious, Sarah was now totally lost for words Example sentencesExamples - John was lost for words at the prospect of the team facing the all-Ireland final.
- ‘I thought you were lost for words,’ I murmured softly to myself.
- He said: ‘I was lost for words, I didn't envisage it, but it made me feel great.’
- He was lost for words, waving his hands over his head as his mouth opened and closed noiselessly.
- And then, suddenly, the devastation hit and I simply was lost for words, and I didn't really know what we could do.
- Talking about the contribution of his son, this father was lost for words.
- For perhaps the only time in their lives, you imagine, both were lost for words.
- I am not known for being lost for words but there was a moment when my mouth fell open and I was silent.
- I was lost for words - it was like a dream to see everyone helping me out.
- 'It's the only time I've ever been lost for words,’ he said.
Synonyms marvel, be amazed, be filled with amazement, be filled with admiration, be astonished, be surprised, be awed, stand in awe, be full of wonder, be lost for words, not believe one's ears, not believe one's eyes, not know what to say, be dumbfounded, gape, goggle, gawk
Fail to be noticed or appreciated by (someone) 对（某人）不起作用；不被（某人）注意（或重视） the significance of his remarks was not lost on Scott 斯科特听懂了他话中的含义。 Example sentencesExamples - Judging by the voluminous reaction of a humbled audience, that message was lost on no one in attendance.
- Not surprisingly, such nuances were lost on me and my high school classmates.
- As such, a great deal of what the film was about was lost on me; I couldn't fully appreciate what was being done.
- The logic that it was important for the two countries to stand together now appeared to be lost on no one.
- It's also a demand that is lost on even the most experienced programmers too often these days.
- Now the art of gambling is lost on most, and I don't claim to be an expert, but there are three common strategies that people will use, with varying success.
- Unfortunately, the gag was lost on almost everyone she interviewed.
- Meanings, tones, implications were lost on me.
- Their hosts were obviously trying to show off for them, not realizing that their gestures were lost on all but Meredith.
- The irony of these remarks can scarcely have been lost on the assembled senators.
informal often in imperativeGo away (used as an expression of anger or impatience) 〈非正式〉 常用于祈使语气，表示恼怒或不耐烦走开，别来烦我 Why don't you leave me alone? Go on, get lost! 让我自己待一会行吗？快点走开！ Example sentencesExamples - They basically told him to get lost as they supposedly had more important stuff to do.
- Colin used to be scared at first, but now he just tells Justin to get lost.
- Then another guy began trying to arrange a date with me, and I told him to get lost.
- Each time I met this shameless fellow, my first instinct was to slap him and tell him to get lost.
- I motioned the driver to get lost and move on, but he didn't get the picture.
- The man must have told him to get lost because the drunk was waving his arms about and shouting obscenities.
Synonyms go away, go, leave, depart, get going, get out, be off with you, shoo
Stop expecting that a missing person will be found alive. 不再（对失踪的人）抱生还的希望 their comrades had given them up for lost Example sentencesExamples - Now, it seems to me that anyone in the USA writing as late as October, ought to be well aware that Amelia Earhart had been given up for lost long before.
- Cherokee searchers were unable to find him and gave him up for lost.
- They heard me twice and then lost sight of me and gave me up for lost.
- Meantime the people in England gave him up for lost, and the hand of the wealthy and beautiful countess became the aim of the greedy courtiers.
- He had disappeared into the jungle with an Indian woman and was gone so long, weeks, that the explorer gave him up for lost and was ready to move on when he finally reappeared out of the forest.
- He fell ill, so deathly ill, that the doctors gave him up for lost, and the mullahs prepared to give him the last rites.
- Now, after months of searching, she gave him up for lost.
- If a warrior didn't return for a very, very long time, about ten years, then the family would mourn and give them up for lost.
- For a full hour nothing was seen of him, and every one gave him up for lost.
- He had searched for her, but eventually had to give her up for lost.
Do something faster or more often in order to compensate for not having done it quickly or often enough before. 赶进度，补回损失的时间 he may not have travelled much as a young man, but he has now made up for lost time Example sentencesExamples - I guess when you're thrown in with a group of people for a relatively short period of time, you make up for lost time by getting to know each other quickly.
- She's made up for lost time and hasn't stopped talking since.
- My work has taken me away a great deal and I want to make up for lost time whilst I am still hopefully young and fit enough to do so.
- ‘It was nice for her to see her friends and I think she's making up for lost time,’ he added.
- They are now growing at an astonishing rate, making up for lost time and prospering as a result of their low taxes and competitive economies.
- Whether the partnership can move quickly enough to make up for lost time, however, remains to be seen.
- In any case, the 23-year-old has certainly been making up for lost time since his arrival.
- Dolly and Harry have spent most of the day outside, making up for lost time.
- Between 1900 and 1910, the gallery made up for lost time, buying and accepting gifts of 28 works by women, including oil paintings, water colours, drawing prints and a sculpture.
- And she is now making up for lost time - avidly studying a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about her progress compiled by her mother.
Rhymesaccost, cost, frost, Prost, riposte Definition of lost in US English: lostpast and past participle of lose
adjective 1Unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts. 迷路的；迷失的 救命！我们迷路了！ 他们在雾中迷失了方向。 Example sentencesExamples - Even though the woodlands here are relatively small, it's easy to get lost in them if you don't follow the paths.
- It's easy to get lost in the old city of Damascus but don't panic: the Syrians are kind and helpful.
- I remember some of them quite vividly even though they got lost years and years ago.
- It was admittedly a much better walk though being lost as we went away from the main paths and more into proper forest.
- The fire then merged with another started by a lost hiker signaling a helicopter.
- But when road users, who were not familiar with the area, took the route, they got lost.
- You tell me, and I'll try not to get lost again the next time I drive through.
- Although the team got lost driving up, they were glad they came.
- At the end, she decided to stick with the Main Street, so as not to be easily lost.
- However, evening had come, and he found himself thoroughly lost in the maze of crooked, narrow streets.
- In a foreign environment things happen and without clear explanation you can get lost very quickly.
- At around 5am a lost and disorientated little black and white cat had appeared in their garden.
- But even so, you can still get lost down the trail, and that's the general idea.
- I got lost driving back home, ended up on the way to Barking rather than Baker Street.
- With very few houses and tourist amenities it is very easy to get lost in these mountains after dark.
- A fifth member turned up late, saying he got lost sightseeing, but the other four have not been seen.
- So even if you've been before, there's a fair chance you'll get lost or disorientated.
- Abraham, who got lost traveling to the city, was also a bit erratic with his driving on the course.
- He got lost searching for the computer room, and when he eventually did call me back, the system had already righted itself.
- Last year the amount of skiable terrain was doubled, so it was inevitable that we would get lost.
Synonyms stray, astray, off-course, off-track, off the right track, disorientated, disoriented, having lost one's bearings, adrift, going round in circles, at sea - 1.1 Unable to be found.
遗失的；失去的 he turned up with my lost golf clubs 他带着我丢失的高尔夫球杆出现了。 Example sentencesExamples - When he takes the back off to mend it, he finds the lost grand.
- Behind the sofa is one of the places in a home where all the lost things end up.
- When we look hard we find things - lost notes and four-leaf clovers, invisible to less attentive eyes.
- In some cases the card is not physically lost, but the critical information is in the possession of a third party.
- I murmured a prayer to St. Anthony to find a lost paper, looked down, and my hand was on it.
- A tearful little boy cannot sleep without a lost Teddy bear - which belonged to his baby brother.
- Thus, owners seeking to recover their lost pets will often look to the civil law for a remedy.
- Your cultural heritage is in critical danger of being lost and forgotten forever.
- And in total I've probably spent more than a year looking for lost car keys.
- When you poke about alongside a canal there are many lost and forgotten relics to be found of the old commercial nature of the place.
- If your pet is then lost or stolen, there is a good chance that your pet will be returned to you.
- It's nice to know that 70 people were actually looking for the lost child, and that they knew that there was one to look for.
Synonyms missing, strayed, gone astray, gone missing, mislaid, misplaced, vanished, disappeared, forgotten, nowhere to be found - 1.2 (of a person) very confused or insecure or in great difficulties.
（人）迷惘的，丧失信心的；失落的；处于困境的 she stood there clutching a drink, feeling completely lost 她端着一杯酒站在那里，感到十分迷惘。 没有她我会心神不宁的。 Example sentencesExamples - Tonight, I felt lost beyond anything I have felt the entire time I have been here.
- Knowing these people helps to understand why alcohol is such a boon to the lost and the lonely.
- She felt lost, defeated in every aspect of herself.
- At the moment though, I just feel rather lost and disorientated myself.
2Denoting something that has been taken away or cannot be recovered. 丧失（的），逝去（的） if only one could recapture one's lost youth 要是能重新拥有逝去的青春，那该有多好！ Example sentencesExamples - Older players in the team are jealous of school-boys as they represent their lost youth.
- Any nervousness quickly dissolved as we catch up on lost years.
- In his situation I imagined I would feel angry at lost years and frustrated dreams.
- Is it a longing for lost youth, a remembrance of a time of discovery when emotions were running out of control?
- Other footballers find a way to reintegrate themselves into the sport and recover their lost reputations.
- These remarkably lenient terms will cost the council £273,000 in lost interest.
- Bully is a disturbing film and some of its images of a lost and wasted youth are unforgettable.
- With a regular program of fitness the recovery of lost flexibility and strength will be noticeable.
- It's best not to stare at children too hard these days, but listening to them I found myself in some kind of reverie for my own lost youth.
- It has also been said that some are trying to recapture lost youth after children have flown the nest.
- Smokers who quit will not recover lost lung function, but the rate of decline may revert to that of a non-smoker.
- Miserably, in trying to recover his lost childhood Jackson is depriving his own kids of theirs.
- All now turned on the outcome of John's attempt to recover his lost lands.
- We made up lost time and arrived at Gare du Nord on time, to be loaded into taxis and driven to our hotel for baths and showers and drinks before dinner.
- Back injuries result in millions of hours of lost work time and countless hours of pain for people everywhere.
- Police are still undertaking further investigations and trying to recover the lost relics.
- He will not be paid but he will be recompensed for lost wages.
- Of course, in movies it is not always desirable to recover lost memories.
- The black market in the illegal fuel is estimated to cost the Government £450m in lost tax revenue a year.
- It will fight the case that you are actually an employee and it will attempt to recover lost revenues.
Synonyms bygone, past, former, one-time, previous, old, olden, departed, vanished, forgotten, unremembered, unrecalled, consigned to oblivion, extinct, dead, lost and gone, lost in time - 2.1 (of time or an opportunity) not used advantageously; wasted.
（时间，机会）错过的，浪费的 the decision meant a lost opportunity to create 200 jobs 这个决定意味着创造200个工作岗位的机会就此泡汤了。 Example sentencesExamples - One thing is certain; that after the passage of time nothing can be done about the lost opportunity.
- This could have been a lost opportunity for my friend to make a new friend and maybe meet others through him.
- The orphaned Garden Festival site became a byword in lost opportunity.
- The story of the aquaculture industry is one of lost opportunity under this Government.
- I was crying at the overwhelming sense of lost opportunity, and was probably not very good company in the bar afterwards.
- Over dedication to a certain plan may result in lost opportunity.
- This bill is a lost opportunity for young people who need those services.
- The link as shown would have fitted very well into the city centre, and one cannot but lament the lost opportunity.
- As a result, to varying degrees, they have all suffered years of lost opportunity.
- The overall feeling I got from these three features was that it was a lost opportunity.
- In later years, she made up for this lost time, never missing an opportunity to add to her infamy.
- The fact he then learnt in a couple of weeks, but simply won't read books today, is an illustration of lost opportunity.
- What is really worrying is the lost opportunity with regard to this bill.
- It is going to be a massive era for British sport and for football not to play a part will be a lost opportunity.
- The fact that this didn't happen in the first two years was a lost opportunity.
- Slow and stately movement is compounding the lost opportunities of earlier wasted years.
- It also made them keen to make up for lost opportunity and learn more about where they came from.
- For many in the developing world it has been a decade of lost opportunity.
- The Central meanwhile were left to bemoan their lost opportunity to strike out.
- Has the educational system improved so much that it was worth the lost opportunities?
Synonyms missed, forfeited, neglected, wasted, squandered, dissipated, gone by the board - 2.2 Having perished or been destroyed.
死亡的；遇难的 a memorial to the lost crewmen 遇难机组成员纪念碑。 Example sentencesExamples - Participants will place 29 illuminated lanterns -- one for each of the lost crew members -- around the Fitzgerald's original anchor.
- Every year the bodies of lost soldiers of World War One (1914-1918) are being unearthed.
- Attending the weekend were some of the survivors, crew members who had left ship before the sinking, relatives of the lost crew members and the captain of the U-Boat responsible.
- The shrubbery was symbolic, and one particular tree was planted in memory of the Keller's lost son.
- Last week, the Australian navy took family members of the lost crew members out to the wreck site, where they held a ceremony and dropped wreaths into the water.
Synonyms extinct, died out, defunct, vanished, gone, perished
3(of a game or contest) in which a defeat has been sustained. （比赛，竞赛等）失败的，输掉的 the lost election of 1994 1979年的选举失败。 Example sentencesExamples - The only thing wrong with him was probably a bombed test or a lost contest or something.
- Despite the lost games and the current record, SFU players are not doing so badly.
- The highest magnitude of anything in comparison to death, in my life then, was a lost basketball game.
- Bulgaria ranks second with the same amount of points but with four lost games.
PhrasesUsed to suggest that there is still some chance of success or recovery. 还有机会（取得成功或东山再起） Example sentencesExamples - Well, it may be a mangled mess, but all is not lost.
- Just to show that all is not lost as far as civility in Anglo-Saxon politics is concerned, let me tell a fourth story from much more recent times.
- However, in spite of the gloom, government sources yesterday suggested that perhaps all is not lost.
- Listening to this, made me feel that all is not lost yet.
- Fortunately all is not lost - on the landscape front at least.
- But all is not lost for the pretty singer who is due to give birth today, there are already a number of top record companies knocking on her door.
- Meanwhile, all is not lost in this dismal scenario.
- Regardless of what the evidence might suggest, all is not lost.
- On the musical side of the Carnival, all is not lost, though.
- However, all is not lost for the field hockey team.
Be so surprised, confused, or upset that one cannot think what to say. 因非常惊讶（或迷惑、失望）而一时语塞 Example sentencesExamples - I am not known for being lost for words but there was a moment when my mouth fell open and I was silent.
- 'It's the only time I've ever been lost for words,’ he said.
- ‘I thought you were lost for words,’ I murmured softly to myself.
- For perhaps the only time in their lives, you imagine, both were lost for words.
- John was lost for words at the prospect of the team facing the all-Ireland final.
- Talking about the contribution of his son, this father was lost for words.
- He said: ‘I was lost for words, I didn't envisage it, but it made me feel great.’
- I was lost for words - it was like a dream to see everyone helping me out.
- He was lost for words, waving his hands over his head as his mouth opened and closed noiselessly.
- And then, suddenly, the devastation hit and I simply was lost for words, and I didn't really know what we could do.
Synonyms marvel, be amazed, be filled with amazement, be filled with admiration, be astonished, be surprised, be awed, stand in awe, be full of wonder, be lost for words, not believe one's ears, not believe one's eyes, not know what to say, be dumbfounded, gape, goggle, gawk
Fail to influence or be noticed or appreciated by (someone) 对（某人）不起作用；不被（某人）注意（或重视） the significance of his remarks was not lost on Scott 斯科特听懂了他话中的含义。 Example sentencesExamples - Judging by the voluminous reaction of a humbled audience, that message was lost on no one in attendance.
- Their hosts were obviously trying to show off for them, not realizing that their gestures were lost on all but Meredith.
- The logic that it was important for the two countries to stand together now appeared to be lost on no one.
- It's also a demand that is lost on even the most experienced programmers too often these days.
- Meanings, tones, implications were lost on me.
- Now the art of gambling is lost on most, and I don't claim to be an expert, but there are three common strategies that people will use, with varying success.
- Unfortunately, the gag was lost on almost everyone she interviewed.
- The irony of these remarks can scarcely have been lost on the assembled senators.
- Not surprisingly, such nuances were lost on me and my high school classmates.
- As such, a great deal of what the film was about was lost on me; I couldn't fully appreciate what was being done.
informal often in imperativeGo away (used as an expression of anger or impatience) 〈非正式〉 常用于祈使语气，表示恼怒或不耐烦走开，别来烦我 Why don't you leave me alone? Go on, get lost! 让我自己待一会行吗？快点走开！ Example sentencesExamples - Each time I met this shameless fellow, my first instinct was to slap him and tell him to get lost.
- They basically told him to get lost as they supposedly had more important stuff to do.
- I motioned the driver to get lost and move on, but he didn't get the picture.
- Colin used to be scared at first, but now he just tells Justin to get lost.
- Then another guy began trying to arrange a date with me, and I told him to get lost.
- The man must have told him to get lost because the drunk was waving his arms about and shouting obscenities.
Synonyms go away, go, leave, depart, get going, get out, be off with you, shoo
Stop expecting that a missing person will be found alive. 不再（对失踪的人）抱生还的希望 Example sentencesExamples - For a full hour nothing was seen of him, and every one gave him up for lost.
- Now, it seems to me that anyone in the USA writing as late as October, ought to be well aware that Amelia Earhart had been given up for lost long before.
- Cherokee searchers were unable to find him and gave him up for lost.
- He had disappeared into the jungle with an Indian woman and was gone so long, weeks, that the explorer gave him up for lost and was ready to move on when he finally reappeared out of the forest.
- He fell ill, so deathly ill, that the doctors gave him up for lost, and the mullahs prepared to give him the last rites.
- Meantime the people in England gave him up for lost, and the hand of the wealthy and beautiful countess became the aim of the greedy courtiers.
- They heard me twice and then lost sight of me and gave me up for lost.
- If a warrior didn't return for a very, very long time, about ten years, then the family would mourn and give them up for lost.
- Now, after months of searching, she gave him up for lost.
- He had searched for her, but eventually had to give her up for lost.
Do something faster or more often in order to compensate for not having done it quickly or often enough before. 赶进度，补回损失的时间 Example sentencesExamples - ‘It was nice for her to see her friends and I think she's making up for lost time,’ he added.
- In any case, the 23-year-old has certainly been making up for lost time since his arrival.
- My work has taken me away a great deal and I want to make up for lost time whilst I am still hopefully young and fit enough to do so.
- They are now growing at an astonishing rate, making up for lost time and prospering as a result of their low taxes and competitive economies.
- I guess when you're thrown in with a group of people for a relatively short period of time, you make up for lost time by getting to know each other quickly.
- She's made up for lost time and hasn't stopped talking since.
- Between 1900 and 1910, the gallery made up for lost time, buying and accepting gifts of 28 works by women, including oil paintings, water colours, drawing prints and a sculpture.
- And she is now making up for lost time - avidly studying a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about her progress compiled by her mother.
- Whether the partnership can move quickly enough to make up for lost time, however, remains to be seen.
- Dolly and Harry have spent most of the day outside, making up for lost time.
Be no longer affected by or accessible to. once a vital member of the community, he is now lost to the world Example sentencesExamples - So absorbed is he in the craft of the art in the making, as in the glimpsed unusual vision, that he is lost to the world.
- He is lost to the world. Do you ever feel that way? Lost or confused?
- The age and meaning of the name is lost to history.
- The majority of New Zealanders do not speak Maori so the absence of any interpreter meant that the message was lost to so many listeners.
- Unfortunately, the story of his lying seems to have been lost to all except for the right wing of the blogosphere.
- His look softened when he realized that I was lost to what he was saying.
- When someone is deep in thought, or when he is daydreaming or sleeping, he is lost to the world, and oblivious to time.
- The places to stay on Cat Island can be counted on one hand, and there is a natural West Indian charm that is lost to most Caribbean islands nowadays.
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