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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 失利
[shīlì]
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1.
verb
lose
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 失利
[shīlì]
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1.
动
战争、竞赛中失败的委婉说法。
Examples
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军事上的失利
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military reverses
→ 失利
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在这场乒乓球比赛中我方第一盘失利。
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Our side lost the first game of the table-tennis match.
→ 失利
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今天的球赛真激烈,原本失利一方竟然把比分扳平了。
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The match today was exciting. Though that team lagged behind at first, they came back and the match ended up a draw.
→ 扳平
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喜爱的球队失利, 他禁不住跌足捶胸。
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He couldn't help stamping on the ground when his favorite ball team fell behind.
→ 跌足
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由于临场发挥失利, 他没能拿到金牌, 令人扼腕叹息。
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What a pity that, due to underperforming, he failed to win the gold medal.
→ 扼腕
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上次比赛失利后, 他发愤图强, 总算重新夺冠。
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After his last loss in a match, he determined to improve himself and regain the championship finally.
→ 发愤图强
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由于考试失利, 他这些天对谁都没好气。
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He is in a bad temper with everybody these days due to fhis failure on the examination.
→ 没好气
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他父亲官场失利, 现在全家都沦落成破落户了。
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His father suffered a setback in official circles, and now the whole family is impoverished.
→ 破落户
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他虽然赛场失利, 但在大赛中积累了临阵经验, 也算是失之东隅, 收之桑榆吧。
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Although defeated in the match, he accumulated practical experience in the grand contest. It can be said that he lost at sunrise but gained at sunset.
→ 失之东隅,收之桑榆
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比比失利。
→ 比比
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