at a loss

loss / lɒs; US lↄ:s / n

၁။ [U,C usu sing ] ဆုံးရှုံးမှု။ ပျက်ခြင်း။ ကုန်ခြင်း။ လက်လွတ်ခြင်း။ ဆုံးပါးခြင်း။
loss of blood သွေးလွန်ခြင်း။ loss of sleep / self-control / revenue ❍ without (any) loss of time ❍ experience a temporary loss of power ❍ The loss of this contract would be very serious. ❍ The famine caused widespread loss of life (ie many deaths). ❍ The loss (ie death) of his wife was a great blow to him.
၂။ [C] (က) ဆုံးရှုံးမှု။ အသေ အပျောက်။ announce 400 job losses ❍ The enemy suffered heavy losses (ie many men killed or much equipment destroyed). (ခ) အရှုံး။ sell sth at a loss (ie for less than it cost) ❍ We made a loss on the deal. ❍ The company has announced heavy losses in the last year.
၃။ [sing] နစ်နာခြင်း။ ဆုံးရှုံးခြင်း။ Her departure is a great loss to the orchestra. See also DEAD LOSS
❏ at a loss [IDM ] ဘာလုပ်ရ၊ ဘာပြောရမှန်းမသိ ဖြစ်နေသည်။ ကြောင်သွားသည်။ It left him at a complete loss (for words). ❍ I’m at a loss what to do next.
❏ cut one’s losses [IDM ] အရှုံးမများမီ ရပ်တန်းက ရပ်သည်။
❏ loss-making adj အရှုံးပြနေသော။ ရှုံးနေသော။ loss-making rural bus services.