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
misses — plural of miss
未婚女子;姑娘;年轻女子;未击中;未达到;失败;回避;避开;小姐;老师;…小姐(选美等比赛冠军称号)
A title used before a woman's surname or full name, traditionally for an unmarried woman or girl.
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
未能获得或完成某事;未能成功
A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
被供养的女人;情妇
A kept woman; a mistress.
对女教师或女服务员的称呼。
A form of address for a female teacher or a waitress.
未击中(或未遇到、未找到等)
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
避免的行为(常与give连用)
An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give).
三张牌游戏中,桌上发的一手额外牌,可以替换玩家手中的牌
In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
用于选美比赛或某些其他比赛中女性获胜者的头衔,前缀她所代表的国家、地区或比赛类别。
Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of contest, prefixing the country or other region that she represents, or the category of contest.
对未婚女子的称呼
a form of address for an unmarried woman
缓存中未找到项目的情况,因此需要显式加载
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
犯规击球未击中目标球,且裁判认为球员未尽力合法击球;除罚分外,可要求重打
A foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's judgement, not made every effort to play a legal shot; in addition to conceding points for the foul, the player can be made to play the shot again.
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。
用法提示:这里的‘miss’是名词,表示未命中目标的失误。
The company's quarterly earnings miss disappointed investors.
公司季度盈利未达预期让投资者失望。
用法提示:这里的‘miss’是名词,表示未达到预期目标。
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。
用法提示:这里的‘miss’是名词,表示击球失误。
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。
日常通用,可指女孩或年轻女性;不能像 Miss 那样放在姓氏前作称呼。
中性常用词,强调年龄;不像 Miss 可用作称呼或头衔。
较礼貌、正式,可作当面称呼;不接姓氏,如不说 young lady Smith。
文学或旧式用语,现代口语极少使用,语体古雅。
grammar · medium
易错句子He had several miss in the shooting competition.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子I'll give the meeting miss tomorrow.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子Good morning, Wang Miss.
正确表达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。
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。
用于已婚女性的称呼,与Miss同属对女性的礼貌称谓。
不表明婚姻状况的女性称呼,常与Miss并列讨论。
对女性的尊称,用于正式场合,与Miss属同类称谓。
泛指女性,与Miss表示“女孩/年轻女子”的含义相关。
Miss、Mrs.、Ms.等都属于这类表示尊称的头衔。
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。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
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。