at a loss

ne yapacağını bilemez, şaşkın

Şaşkınlık veya kafa karışıklığı yüzünden ne yapacağını ya da söyleyeceğini bilemez durumda.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Unable to decide what to do or say because you are confused or surprised.

• I’m at a loss for words.
• His strange reply left us at a loss.
• We were at a loss to explain the missing money.

Nasıl kullanılır: be at a loss for something (I was at a loss for words.); be at a loss to do something (We are at a loss to explain the delay.); be at a loss as to what/how… (She was at a loss as to what to do next.)

Eş anlamlılar: puzzled, unsure, bewildered

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: be at a loss, remain at a loss

zararına, zararla

Alış veya üretim maliyetinden daha az para karşılığında.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: For less money than something cost to buy or produce.

• We sold the car at a loss.
• The shop has been operating at a loss since January.
• Would you sell your shares at a loss?

Nasıl kullanılır: sell something at a loss (They sold the car at a loss.); operate at a loss (The factory operated at a loss for three years.)

Eş anlamlılar: below cost

Zıt anlamlılar: at a profit

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sell at a loss, operate at a loss