"defeated," c. 1300; "wasted, spent in vain," c. 1500; also "no longer to be found" (1520s), from past participle of lose. Lost Cause in reference to the Southern U.S. bid for independence is from the title of E.A. Pollard's history of the CSA and the rebellion (1866). Lost Generation in reference to the period 1914-18 first attested 1926 in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," where he credits it to Gertrude Stein. Lost-and-found as the name of a department where misplaced articles are brought or sought is by 1907.
雙語例句
1. Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.
友情是理解，不是妥協(xié)；是原諒，不是遺忘。即使不聯(lián)系，感情依然在。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
2. He missed the catch and the match was lost.
他沒有接住球，比賽輸了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He lost two stone in weight during his time there.
他在那兒的時候體重下降了2英石。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.
受害者受了重傷，大量失血。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The armed forces have launched offensives to recapture lost ground.