lose/luːz/

v. no longer have sth because you don^{’t know where it is or because it has been taken away from you}

➭ pt. & pp. lost/lɒst $ lɑːst/

v. [T] 失去，丢失：I've lost my car key. 我的车钥匙丟了。

◇Jane lost her job. 简的工作丢了。

◇He lost an arm in the accident. 他在事故中失去了一条手臂。

◇[(sth) be lost to sb] The opportunity was lost to Mary. 玛丽失去了这个机会。

◇lose weight 减肥

◇lose one's memory 丧失记忆

◇lose one's life 丧命

be lost in sth 专注于，沉迷于：He was lost in thought and didn't notice me. 他陷入沉思，没有注意到我。

音组-ose/-uːz/

lose, whose

常犯错误

✗ Losing in thought, he almost ran into the tree in front of him.

✓ Lost in thought, he almost ran into the tree in front of him. 他陷入沉思，差点撞到前面的树。

常犯错误

✗ She has lost her bike for a week.

✓ She lost her bike a week ago. 一星期前她的自行车丢了。

[✌lose为短暂性动词，不能与一段时间连用]