As Moritz puts it, how often are federal dollars building homes that are likely to be lost to a wildfire?

正如莫里茨所说，联邦资金用于建设可能会被吞没在火灾中的家园的次数有多少？

True, part of this gain would be lost to inflation.

确实，部分收益会损失到通货膨胀。

I knew if I went to Florida, Hillary and I might be lost to each other.

我知道，如果我去了佛罗里达州，我和希拉里也许会分手。

Soon he, too, must pass to this Life Invisible and be lost to me for ever.

也许不久的将来，他也会来到这个看不见的人生，与我永别。

If I were not secure in my identity, it would be lost to what others imagined it to be.

如果我的身份认同不坚定，它就会被他人的想象所战胜。

Older workers' knowledge and experience can easily be lost to the company when they retire.

当年长工人退休时，毫无疑问公司也就失去了他们的知识和经验。

I will soon proceed on retirement, and I personally do not want the funds to be lost to the bank.

我将很快着手对退休，和我本人不希望资金损失的银行。

It swelled, and bubbled, and foamed for a while, only to recede, and be lost to its former possessor.

它暂时膨胀，起泡，最后成为泡沫，只有在退回的时候，才能回到以前的状态。

In the next 40 years, agricultural land will be lost to urbanization, desertification, sea level rise and increasingly salty water.

今后40年，农用地将因城市化、沙漠化、海平面上升及咸水不断增加等因素而减少。

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

一个男人对儿子的期望通常除了希望将他复制成自己，让他以这种非凡的模式避免在俗世中失去自我，别无其他。

Artificial distinction which obfuscate the law and complicate its practice should be abolished but the real difference should never be lost to sight.

我们认为，在这两种财产之间，使法律模糊和使法律实施复杂化的人为的区别应当被取消，但两者真正的区别应该继续保留。

For hundreds of years, Africans have preserved their history through storytelling. But, some Africans worry that oral traditions will be lost to Internet connections and social media.

数百年来，非洲人都通过口述故事来保留他们的历史。但是一些非洲人担心，口述传统将败给互联网连接和社交媒体。

Note that cheques take longer to clear in France than in Britain, and can only be stopped if stolen or lost.

请注意，支票在法国清算的时间比在英国要长，而且只有在被盗或丢失时才能被停用。

The president's resignation appears to be an acknowledgment that he has lost all hope of keeping the country together.

该总统的辞职看起来是对他已经放弃将国家团结起来的所有希望的一种承认。

The Post Office has confirmed that up to fifteen thousand jobs could be lost.

美国邮政局已证实可能会丧失多达15000个就业岗位。

Lost property should be handed to the driver.

丢失物品应上缴这位司机。

When I told you to 'get lost' I didn't expect to be taken literally.

我叫你“滚开”，并没让你按字面意思来理解呀。

California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday.

周二发布的一项研究显示，自19世纪30年代以来，加州已经失去了一半的大树。

She says: "I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to prescribe drugs that cause severed spinal cords to heal, hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow."

她说：“我相信，我们能够开出药方，让切断的脊髓愈合、心脏再生、失去的四肢再生的那一天不远了。”

Lost fingers and limbs will be able to regrow.

失去的手指和四肢将能够再生。

There are some who say Marconi lost his edge when commercial broadcasting came along; he didn't see that radio could or should be used to frivolous ends.

有人说，当商业广播出现时，马可尼失去了优势，他认为收音机不可以也不应该用于无聊的目的。

Managers should therefore adopt an approach that appears counterintuitive—they should explain what stands to be lost if the company fails to seize a particular opportunity.

因此，管理人员应该采取一种似乎有违直觉的方法——他们应说明如果公司未能抓住特定的机会，可能遭受怎样的损失。