Word · Frequency #17628
Mia
一种古老的掷骰子虚张声势游戏。
- 1.
An ancient bluffing game played with dice.
一种古老的掷骰子虚张声势游戏。
In use
The support group meets every month to help the families of mias.
No one knows how many mias are still unaccounted for.
The museum created an exhibition to remember mias from a forgotten war.
be MIA
MIA 是 missing in action 的缩写，常表示“失踪的”，也可比喻某人不在场或联系不上。
Three soldiers are still MIA from the battle.
三名士兵在那场战斗中仍然失踪。
go MIA
go MIA 为非正式说法，表示突然消失或失去联系。
My phone went MIA after the party.
派对之后我的手机不见了。
MIA from (a place/event)
MIA 后用介词 from 注明缺席的地点或活动。
The manager was MIA from yesterday's meeting.
经理缺席了昨天的会议。
the MIAs
MIA 作名词时通常用复数形式，指失踪人员。
The MIAs were finally identified.
那些战斗中失踪的人员终于被确认了身份。
Common mistakes
He is a mia.He is an mia.
MIA 是“Missing in Action”的缩写，按字母读音为 /em aɪ ˈeɪ/，以元音音素开头，所以前面的不定冠词应用 an 而不是 a。
There are three mia in the company.There are three mias in the company.
mia 是可数名词，意为“战斗失踪人员”，复数形式为 mias，因此表示三人时需加 -s。
Connections
Collocations
- declared MIA
- 被宣布在战斗中失踪
- The soldier was declared MIA after the ambush.那名士兵在伏击后被宣布在战斗中失踪。
- listed as MIA
- 被列入战斗中失踪名单
- Three crew members are listed as MIA.三名机组人员被列入战斗中失踪名单。
- presumed MIA
- 被推定在战斗中失踪
- He was presumed MIA after the plane went down.飞机坠毁后，他被推定在战斗中失踪。
- MIA status
- 战斗中失踪状态
- The military confirmed his MIA status.军方确认了他在战斗中失踪的状态。
Idioms & figurative uses
- go MIA
- 突然消失；不见踪影Our cat went MIA for two days and then came back.我们的猫消失了两天，后来又回来了。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
MIA 取自 Missing In Action 首字母，想象士兵‘没影了’，即战斗中失踪。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：军事报告、新闻报道 MIA 是 Missing In Action 的缩写，多用于军事或新闻报道等较为正式的语境，通常表示“战斗中失踪的”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词的结尾都读 /eɪ/，与缩写 MIA 中字母 A 的读音相同，因此押韵。注意 MIA 是首字母缩写，读作 /ˌɛm aɪ ˈeɪ/；不要和常用名字 Mia /ˈmiːə/ 混同（后者拼写相同但读音不同）。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.