lose ground

失地失势失落失落的地方

lose ground 的定义

  1. Fail to hold one's position; fall behind, deteriorate. For example, The Democrats were losing ground in this district, or We thought Grandma was getting better, but now she's quickly losing ground. This expression originally referred to territory lost by a retreating army. [Second half of 1700s]

lose ground 近义词

v. 动词 verb

suffer loss or disadvantage

lose ground 的近义词 4

更多lose ground例句

  1. For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
  2. A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.
  3. That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
  4. That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
  5. The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
  6. A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
  7. He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.
  8. The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.
  9. Entrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.
  10. Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.