lose control

基本解释

They merely have to look at the music business, or the newspaper business, to see the dire consequences of losing control of their content online.
他们只要看看音乐商业和报业就可以预见：如果他们对自己在网上的资源失去控制，将会造成多么悲惨的结局。
Or maybe one bit of the army was colluding with the rebels to avoid being replaced by another bit and losing control of the area and its resources.
也有可能是因为军方内部一些人与叛军勾结，以避免被其他人取代而失去该地区的控制权和资源。
Most people are afraid of losing control of their lives.
大多数的人很害怕自己的生活会失去控制。

They use the expression when they feel they are losing control.
It is not clear if the incident is in any way related to the government losing control of Beledweyne.
I need you! John needs you!" After losing control of Congress in 2006 and the White House last year, Republicans are looking to rebound in this year's governor's races, and they seem to have the advantage in Virginia where Republican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds in public opinion polls.

Does that suggest the rebels are losing control of what had been their town?
NPR: 3 min 57 sec