(1) lose heart是“灰心,泄气”。
- Never lose heart whatever you do, there's always hope.
不管做什么绝不能灰心,总是有希望的。
(2) lose hope是“失望”。
- He didn't lose hope , though he had failed in his experiment.
虽然试验失败了,但他没有失望。
(3) lose one's heart to意思是“爱上、倾心于(某人),非常喜欢(某物)”。
- Grace lost her heart to her red-haired boy two years ago.
格雷丝两年前就倾心于她的红发男友了。 - As soon as I saw the house, I lost my heart to it.
我一看到这所房子就爱上了它。
(4) be/feel let down意思是“使感到失望、灰心”。
- I've never been/felt so let down as when I was refused entry to the group that I wished to join.
在我被拒绝加入我想参加的小组时,我从未感到如此的灰心、失望。