(1) lose ground to意思是“让位给……;被……打败;竞争不过,输给”,相当于yield to。
- The theater is quickly losing ground to television.
剧场正迅速让位于电视。
(2) lose out (to)意为“输(给),败(给)”。
- Jim's father is afraid that he may lose out to larger firms.
吉姆的父亲担心他可能会输给一些较大的公司。 - The theater is losing out to television.
剧场正输给电视。 - Jack came second again; he always loses out .
杰克又得了第二,他老是输。
(3) lose to也表示“输给、败给(某人)”。
- The tennis player was ashamed of losing to a much older opponent.
这位网球手为输给一位年龄大得多的对手而感到羞愧。 - I lost a lot of money to two men with whom I was playing cards on the train.
我输给火车上跟我玩扑克的两个人好多钱。