關於“miss”的意思 你知道的並不全
“miss”作動詞使用時,有幾種不同的含義。
在第一組例句中,“miss”是想念的意思,指因為某物或某人不在了,或者在離你很遠的地方,因而想念。在這種情況下,不要使用進行時ing形式。
· Ankita misses her boyfriend who moved to Europe.
· Edgar misses his parents now that he’s living in the United States.
· Yolanda and Juan missed seeing each other when they were apart, but now they’re back together again.
· Now that you’re married, what do you miss most about being single?
· I miss the carefree days of my youth.
“miss”的另一種意思稍有不同,指你找不到某樣東西了。在這種情況下,使用ing形式就很常見了。
· This puzzle is missing a few pieces.
· The store is missing a few thousand dollars.
· She’s missing a front tooth.
· You’re missing an assignment. Where is it?
· The police are looking for a missing child.(在這個句子中,“missing”是形容詞。)
“miss”的第三種意思是説,你試圖擊打或者投擲某物但沒有命中,也就是“未擊中/未投中”的意思。
· Bobby swung at the ball and missed.
· Sheila tried to throw the cabbage into the garbage, but her aim was bad and she missed. The cabbage fell to the floor.
· That guy is a terrible basketball player. He always misses the basket.
· The forward missed the goal.
“miss”的第四種意思是説,約定好了一次見面、一場會議或者某種服務,但你沒能趕上或者你沒去。
· Larissa missed her flight to New York. She’ll have to get on another plane.
· Charles has been missing a lot of meetings lately.
· You missed your appointment. You’ll have to reschedule.
· Try not to miss any more classes.
· I’m sorry I missed the party. Was it fun?
“miss”還有一種用法很重要,和動詞用法完全不同,用作未婚女性的稱謂。
未婚:Miss
已婚:Mrs.
不確定:Ms.
· Our teacher is Miss Rickenbacker.(她沒結婚,還是單身。)
· The principal’s name is Mrs. Fender.(她已婚。)
· Ms. Gibson is a lawyer.(我們不清楚她是否已婚。職業女性通常使用“Ms.”。)