[영어 단어] lost

 

lost

[뤄-st]
길을 잃은,
(물건이) 잃어버린, 분실된
손실/손해이 난; 되찾을 수 없는, 놓쳐 버린
(특정 상황에서 성공할) 가망이 없는,
어떻게 할 줄을 모르는
(너무 복잡해서) 뭐가 뭔지 알 수 없는,
이해할 수 없는

Lost is the past tense and past participle of lose.
If you are lost or if you get lost, you do not know where you are or are unable to find your way.
If something is lost or gets lost, you cannot find it, for example, because you have forgotten where you put it.
If you feel lost, you feel very uncomfortable because you are in an unfamiliar situation.
If you describe a person or group of people as lost, you think that they do not have a clear idea of what they want to do or achieve.
If you describe something as lost, you mean that you no longer have it or it no longer exists.
You use lost to refer to a period or state of affairs that existed in the past and no longer exists.
If something is lost, it is not used properly and is considered wasted.
He was starting to lose hope.

 

 

 

lost in translation

잘못 전해진

I thought the team knew what to do, but something was lost in translation.

 

 

 

lost one's balance

균형을 잃다, 균형을 읽고 넘어지다
당황하다

Recently, I was in a hurry to catch the last subway train. People were lining up for the escalator, so I ran down the stairs. I lost my balance and fell over.

 

 

 

lost one's cool

흥분하다
냉정을 잃다, 열을 내다

Ryan: I lost my cool today.

 

 

 

lost one's life

목숨을 잃다

The war lasted for 3 years. Millions of people lost their lives in the war.
Many civilians lost their lives in the battle.
Many innocent people lost their lives in the terrorist bombing.

 

 

 

lost power

전기가 나가다.

It seems like we lose power every time we have a storm.

 

 

 

lost the flow

흐름을 잃다

However, sometimes it’s impossible to read all the messages when too many messages pop up at once. Once you lost the flow, it’s hard to catch up. I can’t even consider reading it all.

 

 

 

lost to view

보이지 않게 되어

 

 

 

 

lost track (of)

~을 잊다, ~을 놓치다

I was so busy that I lost track of time.
I'm losing track of what to do.