mia
mia — 形容詞
1. describing a soldier who did not return after combat and whose fate — alive or d
作戰失蹤
作戰後下落不明的
describing a soldier who did not return after combat and whose fate — alive or dead — has not been officially established.
Captain Chen was listed as MIA after the patrol did not return to base.
陳上尉在所屬巡邏隊未返回基地後被列為作戰失蹤。
predicative: listed as MIA
The army told the Osei family that their son had been declared MIA.
軍方通知 Osei 家人，他們的兒子已被宣告作戰失蹤。
Over thirty soldiers remain MIA from the battle that took place in March.
三月份那場戰役後，仍有三十多名士兵列為作戰失蹤。
Sergeant Kowalski was declared MIA after his helicopter did not return from the rescue mission.
Kowalski 中士的直升機在救援任務後未返航，因而被宣告作戰失蹤。
- unaccounted for
more general; can apply to non-military contexts too
- missing
broader meaning; MIA is specific to military operations
文法句型
be listed as MIA
be declared MIA
用法筆記
Frequently used as a predicate adjective after verbs like 'be', 'remain', 'be listed', 'be declared'. Distinguish from KIA (killed in action), which confirms death.
常見錯誤
2. informal: describing a person, object, or thing that has vanished, cannot be loc
失聯
消失或無法聯繫的
informal: describing a person, object, or thing that has vanished, cannot be located, or has stopped communicating.
My cousin has been MIA ever since she moved to Tokyo without updating anyone.
我表妹搬到東京後就失聯了，完全沒更新她的近況。
informal: been MIA
The delivery of chairs for the wedding went MIA after the truck broke down.
婚禮要用的那些椅子在卡車拋錨後就憑空消失了。
collocation: went MIA
Diego, our project leader, went MIA two days before the final deadline.
我們的專案負責人 Diego 在截止日前兩天突然失聯。
Little Emma searched every room but her favourite red jumper remained MIA.
小 Emma 找遍了每個房間，但她最喜歡的紅色外套還是不見蹤影。
- missing
neutral register; MIA adds informal, slightly humorous tone
- nowhere to be found
more emphatic, less common
- found
located or back in touch
- accounted for
everyone or everything is known to be present
文法句型
go MIA
be MIA
用法筆記
Typically used in informal speech and writing. The subject can be a person who stops responding to messages, an object that is lost, or even an abstract thing like a plan. Takes the same predicative pattern as the military sense but without the 'declared' or 'listed' collocations.
常見錯誤
mia — 名詞
1. a soldier who has not come back from combat and whose status — alive, dead, or c
失蹤軍人
作戰後下落不明的軍人
a soldier who has not come back from combat and whose status — alive, dead, or captured — has not been determined by the military.
The army officially listed forty-two MIAs after the week-long offensive.
軍方在為期一週的攻勢後正式列出了四十二名失蹤軍人。
countable plural: forty-two MIAs
A special recovery team was sent to locate MIAs from the 1990s conflict.
一支特別搜尋小組被派去尋找1990年代衝突中失蹤的軍人。
The granite wall in Washington bears the names of over ninety thousand MIAs.
華盛頓的那面花崗岩牆上刻有超過九萬名失蹤軍人的姓名。
Researchers used dental records to identify MIAs whose remains were found last year.
研究人員利用牙科紀錄來確認去年被發現遺骸的失蹤軍人身分。
- missing soldier
full phrase, more transparent in meaning
- unaccounted-for personnel
formal, broader category
- survivor
a soldier known to be alive after combat
- confirmed casualty
a soldier whose death has been verified
文法句型
[number] + MIAs
the + MIAs
用法筆記
Countable noun, frequently used in the plural. Often appears in official military reports, memorial contexts, and news coverage of post-war recovery efforts. The singular ('an MIA') is less common.