动词miss的两条重要用法
1. 表示错过或避免做某事,其后习惯上接动名词作宾语,不接不定式。如:
I just missed burning my hand. 我差点把手烫了。
He narrowly missed being seriously injured. 他差点受了重伤。
表示怀念做过的某事,其后习惯上也接动名词作宾语,不接不定式。如:
I miss living in the country. 我怀念以前住在乡村的日子。
I miss you bringing me cups of tea in the mornings! 我常怀念早晨你给我送茶的情景!
2. 表示“丢失”,通常用其现在分词(转化为形容词)作表语或定语。如:
The book has two missing pages [two pages missing]. 这本书缺两页。
The child has been missing for a week. 这孩子下落不明已有一周了。
注意不能用过去分词转化来的形容词,如:
误The child has been missed for a week.