He lost the greater part of his fortune in speculation.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

He lost the greater part of his fortune in speculation.

He was laboring under a severe (name) recognition problem.

He lost a lot of money in the stock investment.

Such, in (rough) outline, is the story of his downfall.

He lost a fortune in the stock market.

The tide turned against him [in his favor].

It is a (great) tragedy [extremely regrettable] for this country that he died young.

He consumed his fortune gambling.

He has sunk a lot of money in [into] the unfortunate undertaking.

Gambling was the bane of his life [existence].

He worked hard to redeem himself for his failure.

Perhaps because of the troubles he had been through, his character had developed a sort of depth of humanity.

The scandal wrecked his reputation.

As nearly always happens with compulsive gamblers, he ended up losing everything he had [his whole fortune].

His failure in business was due to his own laziness.

His popularity took a nosedive [plummeted] because of the scandal.

He was hard hit by the defeat.

He ate up his fortune by gambling.

The pity (of it) is that he was not elected.

His arrogance blinded him to the defects of his argument.

He lost all he had, like other [as is usual with] racing men.

His curiosity nearly cost him his life.

He gambled away all his money.

He was cleaned out [lost all his money] gambling.

He was [felt] chagrined at his failure [at losing his temper].

Cancer cut him down in the prime of life.

The defeat ate (away) at his confidence.

I allowed myself to be overawed by his (imposing) presence.

His influence [popularity] has waned.

He accepted the loss lightly.