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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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miss

Word family

miss1 /mɪs/ S1 W2 verb

1 not do STH 不做某事 [transitiveT]NOT DO something to not go somewhere or do something, especially when you want to but cannot 错过〔想去的地方或想做的事〕

I’m absolutely starving – I missed lunch.

我饿坏了——我没吃上午饭。

He missed 20 games after breaking a bone in his wrist.

由于手腕骨折，他错过了20场比赛。

She was upset at missing all the excitement.

精彩部分都错过了，她很失望。

miss doing something

He had missed being elected by a single vote.

他因一票之差没有当选。

2 not hit/catch 未击中/抓住 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]CATCH# to fail to hit or catch an object that is close to you, or to fail to hit a distant object that you are aiming at 未击中；未接住

Every time she missed the ball she became more angry.

她总是接不到球，越来越生气。

He fired, missed and loaded again.

他开枪，没有打中，又上了子弹。

The bullet narrowly missed her heart.

子弹差点击中她的心脏。

3 feel sad about SB 思念某人 [transitiveT]ALONE to feel sad because someone you love is not with you 思念，想念，怀念〔某人〕

She missed her family badly.

她非常想念她的家人。

Will you miss me?

你会想我吗？

John will be sorely missed by his family and friends.

约翰会让他的家人和朋友非常想念。

4 feel sad about STH 留恋某事物NOT HAVE [transitiveT] to feel sad because you do not have something or cannot do something you had or did before 留恋，思恋〔某事物〕

I miss the car, but the bus system is good.

我想念开车的感觉，但是体验一下公交也不错。

miss doing something

Ben knew he would miss working with Sabrina.

本知道他会怀念和萨布丽娜一起工作的时光。

n Grammar

Miss is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive. You say:

I miss seeing you every day.

✗Don’t say: I miss to see you every day.

5 too late 太迟 [transitiveT]LATE to be too late for something 未赶上

We got there late and missed the beginning of the movie.

我们迟到了，错过了电影的开头。

miss the train/bus etc

I overslept and missed the train.

我睡过头，误了火车。

6 miss a chance/opportunity CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYto fail to use an opportunity to do something 错过机会

He certainly wasn’t going to miss the chance of making some extra money.

他当然不会错过挣些外快的机会。

Don’t miss the chance to see the breathtaking Dolomite Mountains.

不要错过欣赏多洛米蒂山壮丽景色的机会。

The opportunity was too good to miss so we left immediately.

机会难得，不容错过，所以我们立刻就出发了。

Examples from the Corpus

miss a chance/opportunity• He didn't miss an opportunity.• The missed opportunities and hidden costs for Zappo were enormous.• History was being catalogued here, the missed opportunities, blunders, and outright mistakes.• It was a missed opportunity that they might never regain.• However, though I had missed a chance, the advantages were now all on my side and distinctly in my favour.• The snakes are sometimes hard to find, so the Webers never miss a chance to make a kill.• Now, as many times before, the City is missing a chance to put the system right.• It would be unforgivable to miss this opportunity to travel.• He must not miss a chance when it comes through being preoccupied with something else.

7 not see/hear 没有看到/听到 [transitiveT]NOTICE# to not see, hear, or notice something, especially when it is difficult to notice 未看到；未听到；未注意到

8. miss the point UNDERSTAND#to not understand the main point of what someone is saying 没有领会意思

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miss the point• More importantly, it misses the point.• She paused at the door so I would not miss the point.• I soon realised that he had completely missed the point.• Both these reactions miss the point.• It's always easier for some one else to see where you've missed the point.• But that completely misses the point about the way the academic mind works.• As usual, the Treasury misses the point entirely.• He's so caught up in the rules that he's missing the point of the game, which is just to have fun.• It should be obvious, however, that he is here simply missing the point of theism.• Alas, the critics were liable to miss the point or deliberately find fault with it.• You're both missing the point, which is to get more people to use public transportation.

9 something is not to be missed used to say that someone should do something while they have the opportunity 某事不容错过

Examples from the Corpus

something is not to be missed• A tour of our wonderful capital city is not to be missed.• It is not to be missed.• Make a note of it: The Dish is not to be missed.• This show will be even better than the last one and is not to be missed!• During the day, the Acropolis is not to be missed and souvenirs can be bartered for in the Flea market.

10 avoid STH 避免某事 [transitiveT]AVOID to avoid something bad or unpleasant 避开，躲开〔不好或讨厌的事〕

11 I wouldn’t miss it for the world spokenWANT used to say that you really want to go to an event, see something etc 我无论如何也不想错过

12 notice STH isn’t there 注意到某物不在 [transitiveT]NOTICE to notice that something or someone is not in the place you expect them to be 发现〔某物或某人〕不在应在之处

13 miss the mark to not achieve something you were trying to do 没有达到目标

Examples from the Corpus

miss the mark• All too often, national political coverage misses the mark.• Although it contains a grain of truth, this theory rather radically misses the mark.• In your recent coverage of Novell's letter of intent to purchase Unix System Laboratories you've really missed the mark.• The movie itself simply misses the mark.• The truth, however, is that most of the time it misses the mark.• As a welfare program, the minimum wage misses the mark because it worsens the status of the most disadvantaged youths.• In the electronic community, these efforts will either fall short or miss the mark entirely.• But the show missed the mark on other aspects of police work, the group said.

14 miss the boat informalCHANCE/OPPORTUNITY to fail to take an opportunity that will give you an advantage 坐失良机；错过机会

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miss the boat• Buy your shares in the company now or you'll miss the boat.• Sorry, I missed the boat.• True to form, he missed the boat.• He didn't get his application in early enough so he missed the boat.• Now Celtic may have missed the boat!• On certain policy issues, politicians also miss the boat.• Customers were worried about missing the boat by not buying any stocks.• But Carlsbad itself is missing the boat in another respect.• And there was this old comic called Jack Daw, who'd missed the boat on account of booze.• And feminism has missed the boat, Roiphe says, by focusing on the wrong things.• Frankly, he's missed the boat with Rosa.

15 without missing a beat CALMif you do something without missing a beat, you do it without showing that you are surprised or shocked 不露声色地；镇定地

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without missing a beat• Cuomo answered the reporters' questions without missing a beat.• They can present, explain, and deliver our solutions without missing a beat.• Woody Harrelson came in for the late Nicholas Colasanto without missing a beat.

16 somebody’s heart misses a beat SURPRISEDused to say that someone is very excited, surprised, or frightened 〔因激动、惊讶或害怕〕某人心跳停了一拍

Examples from the Corpus

somebody’s heart misses a beat• When Caroline smiled at Eddie, his heart missed a beat.

17. engine 发动机 [intransitiveI]TE if an engine misses, it stops working for a very short time and then starts again 短时熄火

18 miss out phrasal verbphr v

n USAGE: Miss, fail to

You use fail to when talking about not doing something that you should have done:

Some students failed to pay attention in class.

Don't use miss in this meaning.

Examples from the Corpus

miss out• Those are the people I'm inviting. Did I miss anyone out?• Where were you last night? You missed out.• Get to the sales early to avoid missing out on all the best bargains.• She was so busy studying at university that she missed out on all the fun.• You missed out several important facts.

miss on• If you don't come to the picnic you'll miss out on all the fun.• But supporters who didn't apply through the proper channels could find themselves missing out on Billy Bingham's swansong match.• Young people do not miss out on Compact opportunities by remaining in education. 4.• I feel I'm missing out on having fun with my kids.• I don't want to be the type of father who is so busy he misses out on his daughter's childhood.• He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before.• Join the Club Don't miss out on the fun!• Don't miss out on this very special opportunity - fill out the order coupon now.• And if you're on a weight-loss diet, the risk of missing out on vitamins is even greater.

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miss• Jo spotted a mistake that everyone else had missed.• Darrow fired several shots at the receptionist but missed.• Vanderbilt had a chance to take the lead, but Freije missed a jumper from the baseline.• Terry's illness caused him to miss a whole month of school.• It was great living in Prague, but I really missed all my friends.• Well, some years I missed, but then other years I came twice.• White says those answered correctly by low-scoring students but missed by the high scorers are eliminated.• He fired, missed, fired, missed.• What did he say? I missed it.• Did you miss me when I was in Hawaii?• I miss Mom, don't you?• By the time we got there we'd missed the beginning of the movie.• I missed the bus and had to wait half an hour for the next one.• Sorry to let you down like this, and miss the drinks and the lunch and the first bit of p.m.• It's easy to miss the entrance - the sign is hidden behind a tree.• She missed the exit and had to turn around.• It tastes so great, you won't miss the fat.• Two inspections missed the fault in the engine that led to the crash.• I think I've missed the last bus.• Let's hurry back so we don't miss the start of the game.• You'd better hurry or you'll miss the start of the show.• And now for the stories - the places missed, the villages seen, the friendly locals.• The Colts missed their first seven attempts at the goal.• Lets hope it's the last one of those type of chances that he missed this season.• I can think of so many things I'll really miss when I leave.• When are you coming home? I miss you.• It was real windy up there and if you missed your footing you didn't get a second chance.

miss doing something• Michelle's going to miss living in New York.

narrowly missed• She narrowly missed adding to the silverware in both the mixed and women's doubles too.• Engineer, David Ramsay, narrowly missed being on the flight.• That, and the narrowly missed encounter with Richard Blake after the intervening four years.• One girl had a lucky escape when a fence post narrowly missed her head.• Mrs Hayward needed emergency surgery after the bullet narrowly missed her heart.• Two or three weeks ago, a crossbow quarrel narrowly missed my face as we crossed the Lawnmarket.• It narrowly missed one of the occupants who was sitting in the front room.• In 1924 they narrowly missed relegation.

sorely missed• And though no one had said so, the traveling senior warden had not been sorely missed.• But he will be sorely missed.• Conference watchers say his barnstorming oratory's been sorely missed.• Sergei Ivanov will be sorely missed as a drinking companion by many.• Mrs Collingwood will be sorely missed at Penwortham C.P.• They made martyrs of themselves occasionally - a sorely missed commodity.• It was this company they sorely missed once unemployed.• Jimmy Phillips has been sorely missed through suspension and will make a welcome return at left back.

miss the train/bus etc• And don't miss the train.• I had to go - I had a meeting in town and I didn't want to miss the train.• On one occasion when he was late for work I questioned him and he said he had missed the bus.• They missed the train connection in Glasgow which meant that they could not be at the hotel by seven o'clock.• I suppose to a 12-year-old kid, missing the bus is a pretty big deal.• You may miss the train unless you go at once.• Their own daughter had lingered at home and missed the bus which she normally would have taken to her job last Sunday.

miss2 S2 W2 noun

n1. → Miss

2. Miss Italy/Ohio/World etc NAME OF A PERSONused to refer to a woman who represents a country, city etc in a beauty competition 意大利/俄亥俄州/世界等小姐〔用在选美比赛中某女子所代表的国家、城市等名称的前面〕

Examples from the Corpus

Miss Italy/Ohio/World etc• He got on stage at his party with a black Strat and a motley rock crew called Miss World.• Though cool Britain might have declared Miss World pass, the world did not agree.• And it brought back the memories of bouquets and the first Miss World competition she won way back in 1911.• Scandal led to Majorie being stripped of her Miss World title after 104 eventful days.• What will happen to the smiling pose of Miss World when she comes down with a cold?• Long ago when Dennis Potter was a television critic too, he was reviewing Miss World.• For Marjorie Wallace, the dream came true, a thousand times over, when she won the Miss World crown.

3 young woman 年轻女子 spokenWOMAN used as a polite way of speaking to a young woman when you do not know her name 小姐〔用来礼貌地称呼不知其名的年轻女子〕 → madam, sir

4 teacher 教师 British EnglishBrE spokenNAME OF A PERSON used by children when speaking to a female teacher, whether she is married or not 老师〔学童对女教师的称呼，不论其结婚与否〕 → sir

5 give something a miss British EnglishBrE informalNOT DO something to decide not to do something 决定不做某事

Examples from the Corpus

give something a miss• A small pastry hat manifested itself low on my brow, giving the missing barmy look to my regalia.• We considered giving it a miss, but decided it would look rude.• "Do you want to come to the cinema?" "No thanks, I'll give it a miss this time."• I think I'll give my exercise class a miss tonight - I'm worn out.• Some people love the atmosphere of refuges; others, myself included, would rather give them a miss.• So I decided to give it a miss that day.• I've a good mind to give it a miss.• You were right to give it a miss, my friend.

6 not hit/catch 没击中/抓住 [countableC]HIT#CATCH# an occasion when you fail to hit, catch, or hold something 未击中；未抓住；没接住

7 young girl 年轻姑娘 [countableC] British EnglishBrE spokenWOMAN a young girl, especially one who has been bad or rude 〔尤指顽皮或无礼的〕小姑娘，女孩，少女

→ hit-and-miss, → near miss at near2(6)

Examples from the Corpus

miss• But straight after he landed a miss hit safely into the hands of Munton.• And it remains to be seen if re- signing Greg Vaughn will be a hit or a miss.• I told him to take a miss on the instruction part.• Murphy scored 78 consecutive foul shots without a miss.• Excuse me, miss, could I have another glass of water?• Yet for the moment there is still hope, a desperate hope of a near miss.• At last, after several near misses, I fall flat on my face.• Oh, thank you, miss.

Miss

1 WOMANused in front of the family name of a woman who is not married to address her politely, to write to her, or to talk about her 小姐〔用在未婚女子姓氏之前，作为礼貌的称呼〕 → Mrs, Mr

I’d like to make an appointment with Miss Taylor.

我想约一下泰勒小姐。

Some unmarried women prefer to be addressed as Ms because it does not draw attention to whether or not they are married.

有些未婚女子喜欢被称为 Ms（女士），因为这样人们不会注意到她是否结婚。

→ miss

Origin miss1

Old English missan

miss2

1. (1600-1700) mistress

2. (1200-1300) → MISS1

miss1 verb

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