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give [something] a miss
常用于口语，表示决定不去做某事或不参加某活动。
I think I'll give the gym a miss tonight.
我想今晚不去健身房了。
小姐
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
小姐
A title used before a woman's surname or full name, traditionally for an unmarried woman or girl.
I think I'll give the gym a miss tonight.
我想今晚不去健身房了。
用于未婚女子的姓氏或姓名前
物理上未击中
A failure to physically hit.
未婚女性；女孩
An unmarried woman; a girl.
用于未婚女性的称呼；18世纪中叶前主要用于女孩,此后也用于成年女性,不论婚姻状况。
A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
年轻女子
a young woman
The archer had only one miss in the entire competition.
那位弓箭手在整个比赛中只失误了一次。
The company's quarterly earnings miss disappointed investors.
公司季度盈利未达预期让投资者失望。
After several misses, the golfer finally made a birdie.
在几次失误之后，这位高尔夫球手终于打出了小鸟球。
常用于口语，表示决定不去做某事或不参加某活动。
I think I'll give the gym a miss tonight.
我想今晚不去健身房了。
作名词指未击中或未达到预期目标，常与be连用。
The second shot was a miss, but the first one hit the target.
第二枪没打中，但第一枪命中了靶子。
用于称呼未婚女性，尤其是女教师；注意Miss首字母大写。
Miss Chen teaches us English.
陈老师教我们英语。
Not this
He had several miss in the shooting competition.
Use this
He had several misses in the shooting competition.
miss 表示“未击中”时是可数名词，复数形式是 misses。前面用了 several，就必须用复数；中文里“几次未中”容易把 miss 当作不可数名词或直接用单数，导致错误。
Not this
I'll give the meeting miss tomorrow.
Use this
I'll give the meeting a miss tomorrow.
表示“故意不去/避开”时，固定搭配是 give something a miss，miss 前必须加不定冠词 a。中文里“错过会议”没有冠词概念，容易直接说 give the meeting miss，但这不符合英语习惯。
Not this
Good morning, Wang Miss.
Use this
Good morning, Miss Wang.
英语中 Miss 作称呼语时要放在姓氏前面，构成 Miss + 姓氏；中文习惯说“王小姐”（姓氏+称呼），所以不能直接把中文语序搬过来。改成 Miss Wang 才符合英语称呼顺序。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
险些发生的事故；侥幸脱险
The two planes had a near miss over the city.
两架飞机在城市上空险些相撞。
决定不做某事；避开
I'm tired, so I'll give the gym a miss today.
我累了，所以今天不去健身房了。
史密斯小姐（对未婚女性的称呼）
Miss Smith is our English teacher.
史密斯小姐是我们的英语老师。
环球小姐（选美比赛冠军头衔）
She won the Miss Universe title in 2022.
她赢得了2022年环球小姐的桂冠。
时好时坏；碰运气
The weather here is hit or miss.
这里的天气好坏不定。
侥幸躲过；幸运地没被击中
The car swerved—a lucky miss.
汽车突然转向——幸好没撞上。
错失良机；错过机会
If you don't apply for the scholarship soon, you'll miss the boat.
如果你不尽快申请奖学金，你就会错失良机。
侥幸脱险；差点发生的事故
The two planes had a near miss, but the pilots managed to avoid each other.
两架飞机险些相撞，但飞行员设法避开了彼此。
碰运气的；时好时坏的
The town's bus service is a bit hit and miss, so we usually walk.
这个镇的公交服务时好时坏，所以我们通常步行。
思嘉小姐，我可不知道该怎么接生！
Excuse me, Miss, you dropped your scarf.
打扰一下，小姐，您掉了围巾。
琼·路易丝小姐，站起来。你父亲正走过。
Miss Lee is the science teacher at our school.
李小姐是我们学校的科学老师。
Use miss naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：Miss 首字母大写是小姐称呼，小写 miss 是未击中；把“小姐 Miss”想象成没接住球，就记住了两个意思。
语域：mixed 常见场景：school、formal letters、customer service Miss 作名词时多指“小姐/未婚女子”，也用作对女性的礼貌称呼。正式程度随场合变化：后接姓氏（如 Miss Smith）较正式，常见于学校、书信或服务场合；单独称呼女老师或女顾客时较日常。具体用法需看搭配和语境，不能一概而论。
作称呼时置于姓氏前，不加冠词；作普通名词时可数。
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