lost

1. Lost is the past tense and past participle of . (lose)的過去式和過去分詞

2. ADJ If you are lost or if you get lost, you do not know where you are or are unable to find your way. 迷路的

Barely had I set foot in the street when I realized I was lost. 我剛走上那條街就發(fā)現(xiàn)自己迷路了。

3. ADJ If something is lost, or gets lost, you cannot find it, for example, because you have forgotten where you put it. 丟失的

...a lost book. …一本丟失的書。

He was scrabbling for his pen, which had got lost somewhere under the sheets of paper. 他當時正在翻找鋼筆，那支筆在紙堆下的某個地方找不到了。

4. ADJ If you feel lost, you feel very uncomfortable because you are in an unfamiliar situation. 迷惘的

Of the funeral he remembered only the cold, the waiting, and feeling very lost. 有關那次葬禮，他只記得當時很冷，等了很長時間，而且感到很迷惘。

5. ADJ If you describe something as lost, you mean that you no longer have it or it no longer exists. 失去的; 不復存在的

...their lost homeland. …他們失去的家園。

The sense of community is lost. 團體意識沒有了。

6. ADJ You use lost to refer to a period or state of affairs that existed in the past and no longer exists. (時間或事件) 逝去的[ADJ n]

He seemed to pine for his lost youth. 他似乎在懷念他逝去的青春。

They are links to a lost age. 他們是連接一個逝去年代的紐帶。

7. ADJ If something is lost, it is not used properly and is considered wasted. 浪費的

Smith is not bitter about the lost opportunity to compete in the games. 史密斯沒有因為錯過參賽機會而痛苦。