MIA
MIA — 形容詞
- MIApositive
- more MIAcomparative
- most MIAsuperlative
1. said of a soldier on active duty whose location after combat is unknown and whos
作戰失蹤
在戰鬥中失蹤且生死未卜的
said of a soldier on active duty whose location after combat is unknown and whose death the military has not officially confirmed.
Three soldiers were reported MIA after the patrol did not return to base last night.
昨晚巡邏隊未返回基地後，三名士兵被通報為作戰失蹤。
passive: reported MIA
The government updated the list of troops who remain MIA from the border conflict.
政府更新了邊境衝突中仍列為作戰失蹤的部隊名單。
collocation: remain MIA
Omar's grandfather was declared MIA after the 1944 offensive in France.
Omar 的祖父於 1944 年在法國攻勢後被宣告作戰失蹤。
passive: declared MIA
After the ceasefire, both sides exchanged the names of soldiers still listed as MIA.
停火後，雙方交換了仍列為作戰失蹤的士兵名單。
- reported MIA
- declared MIA
- listed as MIA
- remain MIA
- still MIA
- missing
more general; MIA is the specific military term
- unaccounted for
broader synonym used in military contexts
- accounted for
military term meaning the person's status has been confirmed
文法句型
be/get + reported/declared/listed as MIA
用法筆記
Frequently used in passive constructions (reported / declared / listed as MIA). This sense is the original military meaning and is typically written in all capital letters.
常見錯誤
2. no longer present or available, often in a way that is surprising or annoying; u
失聯
消失或無法聯繫上的
no longer present or available, often in a way that is surprising or annoying; used humorously or informally about a person or thing that has vanished or stopped appearing.
Hui was MIA from the team meetings for the entire second half of the semester.
Hui 整個下學期都沒有出現在小組會議上。
collocation: be MIA (informal)
The kitchen scissors have gone MIA again — someone please put them back.
廚房剪刀又不見了——麻煩用完放回原位好嗎。
collocation: go MIA
Manuela's motivation went MIA after the project lost its main funding source.
Manuela 的工作動力在計畫失去主要經費來源後就消失了。
Half the volunteers went MIA after the first week of the charity drive.
志工活動第一週過後，就有一半的人不見蹤影。
Jason has been MIA all week — he is not answering calls or messages.
Jason 整個星期都聯絡不上——他不接電話也不回訊息。
collocation: been MIA (person)
- go MIA
- been MIA
- went MIA
- present
plain opposite
- accounted for
implies the location is known
文法句型
go MIA
be MIA
用法筆記
Subject can be a person, an object, or an abstract thing (e.g. motivation, common sense). Most common with the verb go (go MIA) to describe a sudden disappearance.
常見錯誤
MIA — 名詞
- MIAsingular
- MIASplural
1. a soldier listed as missing after a battle, with no official confirmation of dea
作戰失蹤士兵
在作戰中失去蹤跡的軍人
a soldier listed as missing after a battle, with no official confirmation of death and an ongoing effort to determine their fate.
The army listed over two hundred MIAs from the week-long offensive.
軍方列出為期一週攻勢中兩百多名作戰失蹤士兵。
plural: MIAs
Eve's grandfather was declared an MIA after the Battle of the Bulge in 1944.
Eve 的祖父在 1944 年的突出部戰役後被宣告為作戰失蹤士兵。
countable: an MIA
A memorial was built to honor the MIAs whose remains were never returned home.
一座紀念碑是為了紀念遺體未曾尋獲的作戰失蹤士兵而建。
DNA analysis helped identify the remains of several MIAs from the Korean War.
DNA 分析協助辨識了韓戰中幾名作戰失蹤士兵的遺骸。
- declared an MIA
- listed as an MIA
- MIAs from [war]
- honor the MIAs
- missing soldier
descriptive phrase rather than acronym
- missing person
broader, not specific to military
文法句型
a/an MIA
the MIAs
be declared an MIA
用法筆記
Countable noun that can be used in both singular (an MIA) and plural (MIAs). In official military documents, MIA is often used as a status category rather than as a person, but the noun sense referring to the person is common in news reporting.