Lost (or win) an important contract or sale.

失去(或赢得)一份重要的合同或一笔销售额。

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He's got to win more than he loses or he'll get fired for sure, and the team has already lost the first five.

他务必赢多输少才行，否则他一定会被解雇，更何况他的球队已经输了头五场比赛。

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They seek to win, or at least not to lose, and so prefer to keep the conflict open, much as if they were involved in a soccer league, with matches to be won or lost each year by fair means or foul.

他们试图取胜，至少不能输，因此也更倾向于让矛盾公开化，就像他们的足球联赛一样，比赛的输赢掺杂了各种因素。

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It is desperate to win the Spanish league, or La Liga, which it lost last year to arch rival FC Barcelona -- and it has high standards for its players.

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