プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
うしなう【失う】
❶〔無くす〕lose
賭事(かけごと)で財産をすっかり失う
gamble away one's entire fortune/lose one's entire fortune at the gambling table
視力[聴力/気]を失う
lose 「one's sight [one's hearing/consciousness]
職を失う
lose one's job/be dismissed [《口》 fired]
私たちは霧のため方向を失った
We lost our bearings [way] because of the fog.
私はまだ望みを失っていない
I have not 「given up [lost all] hope yet.
あれで彼の信用を失った
He lost confidence in me because of it.
台風のため何千人もの人が家を失った
Thousands of people were left homeless by the typhoon.
度を失う
⇒ど(度)
❷〔逃がす〕
大金を手に入れる機会を失った
I 「missed the chance to make a lot of money [let the opportunity to make a fortune go by].
❸〔死なせる〕
男は最愛の妻を失った
The man lost [was bereaved of] his beloved wife.