miss1 /mɪs/ ●●● S1 W2 verb1 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 錯過〔想去的地方或想做的事〕I’m absolutely starving – I missed lunch. 我餓壞了——我沒吃上午飯。
He missed 20 games after breaking a bone in his wrist. 由於手腕骨折,他錯過了20場比賽。
She was upset at missing all the excitement. 精彩部分都錯過了,她很失望。
miss doing somethingHe had missed being elected by a single vote. 他因一票之差沒有當選。
2 not hit/catch 未擊中/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 未擊中;未接住Every time she missed the ball she became more angry. 她總是接不到球,越來越生氣。
He fired, missed and loaded again. 他開槍,沒有打中,又上了子彈。
The bullet narrowly missed her heart. 子彈差點擊中她的心髒。
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,懷念〔某人〕She missed her family badly. 她非常想念她的家人。
John will be sorely missed by his family and friends. 約翰會讓他的家人和朋友非常想念。
4 feel sad about STH 留戀某事物NOT HAVE [transitiveT] to feel sad because you do not have something or cannot do something you had or did before 留戀,思戀〔某事物〕I miss the car, but the bus system is good. 我想念開車的感覺,但是體驗一下公交也不錯。
miss doing somethingBen knew he would miss working with Sabrina. 本知道他會懷念和薩布麗娜一起工作的時光。
n GrammarMiss 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 太遲 [transitiveT]LATE to be too late for something 未趕上We got there late and missed the beginning of the movie. 我們遲到了,錯過了電影的開頭。
miss the train/bus etcI overslept and missed the train. 我睡過頭,誤了火車。
6 miss a chance/opportunity CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYto fail to use an opportunity to do something 錯過機會He certainly wasn’t going to miss the chance of making some extra money. 他當然不會錯過掙些外快的機會。
Don’t miss the chance to see the breathtaking Dolomite Mountains. 不要錯過欣賞多洛米蒂山壯麗景色的機會。
The opportunity was too good to miss so we left immediately. 機會難得,不容錯過,所以我們立刻就出發了。
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 沒有看到/聽到 [transitiveT]NOTICE# to not see, hear, or notice something, especially when it is difficult to notice 未看到;未聽到;未注意到Maeve’s sharp eyes missed nothing. 梅芙眼尖,什麽都逃不過她的眼睛。
Perhaps there’s something the police have missed. 也許還有警察沒有注意到的東西。
It’s a huge hotel on the corner. You can’t miss it (=it is very easy to notice or recognize). 它就在拐角處,是個大酒店。你不會找不到的。
You don’t miss much, do you (=you are good at noticing things)? 很少有你注意不到的,對吧?
John didn’t miss a trick (=noticed every opportunity to get an advantage) when it came to cutting costs. 約翰從不錯過任何降低成本的機會。
8. miss the point UNDERSTAND#to not understand the main point of what someone is saying 沒有領會意思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 某事不容錯過A journey on one of the steam trains is certainly not to be missed! 乘蒸汽火車旅行,這當然不能錯過!
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 避開,躲開〔不好或討厭的事〕If we leave now we should miss the traffic. 如果我們現在走,就能避開擁擠的交通。
miss doing somethingAs he crossed the street, a bus just missed hitting him. 他過馬路時,一輛巴士差一點撞上他。
They narrowly missed being killed in the fire. 他們險些在那場火災中喪命。
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 我無論如何也不想錯過‘Come to the party.’ ‘I will. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.’ “來參加聚會吧。”“我會的,我說什麽也不會錯過的。”
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 發現〔某物或某人〕不在應在之處I didn’t miss my wallet till it came to paying the bill. 直到付賬時我才發現錢包沒了。
13 miss the mark to not achieve something you were trying to do 沒有達到目標Their efforts to improve quality have somewhat missed the mark. 他們努力提高質量,但沒有達到目標。
14 miss the boat informalCHANCE/OPPORTUNITY to fail to take an opportunity that will give you an advantage 坐失良機;錯過機會You’ll miss the boat if you don’t buy shares now. 如果你現在不買股票,你會坐失良機的。
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 不露聲色地;鎮定地She handled all of their questions without missing a beat. 她鎮定地回答他們的所有問題。
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 〔因激動、驚訝或害怕〕某人心跳停了一拍Glancing up at Rick’s face, she felt her heart miss a beat. 擡頭一看裏克的臉,她感到自己的心都停跳了一拍。
somebody’s heart misses a beat• When Caroline smiled at Eddie, his heart missed a beat. 17. engine 發動機 [intransitiveI]TE if an engine misses, it stops working for a very short time and then starts again 短時熄火 18 miss out phrasal verbphr v a) GETto not have the chance to do something that you enjoy and that would be good for you 錯失機會Some children miss out because their parents can’t afford to pay for school trips. 一些孩子因爲父母負擔不起學校組織的旅行而失去了參加的機會。
onPrepare food in advance to ensure you don’t miss out on the fun! 事先預備好食物,確保你不會錯過好玩的機會!
b) miss somebody/something ↔ out British EnglishBrEINCLUDE to not include someone or something 不包括某人/某物,漏掉某人/某物Make sure you don’t miss any details out. 你要確保不漏掉任何細節。
n 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.
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• 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.
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. 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.