at a loss

基本解释

Children’s films might be made at a loss to sell action figures—but how do you finance The Godfather?
兒童電影也許能通過銷售活動人偶來彌補虧損——但是你又如何籌措《教父》的資金呢？
I love so many of the photos I took from this adventure, but this one for whatever reason ... puts me at a loss for words!
我喜愛很多從這次冒險中所攝取的照片，但是下麪的一張，不琯什麽原因..., 使我無言可對！
I can, if I wish, continue to produce at full capacity and sell at a loss,losing one dollar for every hundred or more lost by the monopoly.
如果我願意，我可以繼續開足馬力虧本銷售，我每損失一美元，壟斷巨頭將要損失一百美元或者更多。

One reporter questioned whether the artificial turf at San Jose's Ricardo Saprissa Stadium was a major factor in that loss.
And if you were suddenly stripped of your ability to make generalizations, you'd be at a loss.
如果你突然失去了,歸納的能力，你就會一頭無緒。
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It comes from personal experience that raises a question at least about whether all values can be translated without loss into utilitarian terms.
是親身見聞所引起的疑問,是否所有的價值都可以完好無損地,轉換爲功利主義的形式。
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Family members living at a distance may feel at a loss as to how to help.
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