“miss”作动词使用时，有几种不同的含义。

在第一组例句中，“miss”是想念的意思，指因为某物或某人不在了，或者在离你很远的地方，因而想念。在这种情况下，不要使用进行时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”的另一种意思稍有不同，指你找不到某样东西了。在这种情况下，使用ing形式就很常见了。

·         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.（在这个句子中，“missing”是形容词。）

 

 “miss”的第三种意思是说，你试图击打或者投掷某物但没有命中，也就是“未击中/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”的第四种意思是说，约定好了一次见面、一场会议或者某种服务，但你没能赶上或者你没去。

·         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”还有一种用法很重要，和动词用法完全不同，用作未婚女性的称谓。

未婚：Miss

已婚：Mrs.

不确定：Ms.

·         Our teacher is Miss Rickenbacker.（她没结婚，还是单身。）

·         The principal’s name is Mrs. Fender.（她已婚。）

·         Ms. Gibson is a lawyer.（我们不清楚她是否已婚。职业女性通常使用“Ms.”。）