The Nuggets looked like contenders in the West when they acquired Billups from Detroit. At one point, the Nuggets were 16-4 with Billups, but the team has recently lost three-straight games.

在掘金队从活塞队得到比卢普斯之后，掘金队看上去会成为西部的一支强队，至少在比卢普斯加盟掘金后，球队取得了16胜4负的战绩，不幸的是如今球队已经三连败了。

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One guy goes to see a doctor and says, "doctor, my wife has recently lost her voice. What should I do to help her get it back?"

有个人去看医生，他说：“医生，我老婆最近失声，我该怎么帮她恢复声音啊？”

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He has recently lost one editor of the Ecologist magazine, Nicholas Hildyard, for precisely these reasons.

ECONOMIST: The environment

Lazard also has a general problem similar to Cazenove's (see article): it lacks the ability to offer its employees share options, one reason why it has recently lost some of its top partners in both New York and Paris.

ECONOMIST: Lazard

Indeed, the population of snow geese in the north has recently grown dramatically, and one study suggests that the abundance of goose nests could offset some of the nutrients lost because of a shorter seal-hunting season.

WSJ: Are Polar Bears Really Disappearing?