loss是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 丧失， 遗失； 损失， 损耗， 亏损； 失败，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Upon this imaginary creature rested the responsibility of all these shipwrecks, which unfortunately were considerable; for of three thousand ships whose loss was annually recorded at Lloyd's, the number of sailing and steam-ships supposed to be totally lost, from the absence of all news, amounted to not less than two hundred!
-- My weak point was touched; and I forgot, for a moment, that the contemplation of these sublime subjects was not worth the loss of liberty.
-- They were as much astonished as I, and equally at a loss how to account for it.
-- I was utterly at a loss to account for it, when my cogitations were disturbed by these words from Ned Land:"Hallo!breakfast is ready."
-- What gamblers usually regret above all is less the loss of their money than of their foolish hopes.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "And if he does want my hat, such as it is," said Birkin, "why, surely it is open to me to decide, which is a greater loss to me, my hat, or my liberty as a free and indifferent man.
-- The terrible swooning burden on his mind, the awful swooning, the loss of all his control, was too much for him.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The poor thing discovered her loss directly she screamed out 'Oh, he's dead, Heathcliff!he's dead!'
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On the other hand there was, first, the loss of freedom which all elderly bachelors fear so much; and, second, an unconscious awe of that mysterious creature, woman.
-- "This son of an archdeacon will soon begin to 'thou' me," thought Nekhludoff, with an expression of sadness on his face, as though he had just learned of a grievous loss in his family.
-- Recalling now the feeling of pity over the loss of his property which he had experienced in Kusminskoie, Nekhludoff wondered how he could have done so.
-- 215): Recalling now the feeling of pity over the loss of his property which he had experienced in Kusminskoi, Nekhludoff wondered how he could have done so.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I suppose it was the unexpected nature of my loss that maddened me.
-- Hitherto, except during my night's anguish at the loss of the Time Machine, I had felt a sustaining hope of ultimate escape, but that hope was staggered by these new discoveries.
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