“miss”作动词使用时，有几种不同的含义。
在第一组例句中，“miss”是想念的意思，指因为某物或某人不在了，或者在离你很远的地方，因而想念。在这种情况下，不要使用进行时ing形式。
· Ankita misses her boyfriend who moved to Europe.
· Edgar misses his parents now that he’s living in the United States.
· Yolanda and Juan missed seeing each other when they were apart, but now they’re back together again.
· Now that you’re married, what do you miss most about being single?
· I miss the carefree days of my youth.
“miss”的另一种意思稍有不同，指你找不到某样东西了。在这种情况下，使用ing形式就很常见了。
· This puzzle is missing a few pieces.
· The store is missing a few thousand dollars.
· She’s missing a front tooth.
· You’re missing an assignment. Where is it?
· The police are looking for a missing child.（在这个句子中，“missing”是形容词。）
“miss”的第三种意思是说，你试图击打或者投掷某物但没有命中，也就是“未击中/未投中”的意思。
· Bobby swung at the ball and missed.
· Sheila tried to throw the cabbage into the garbage, but her aim was bad and she missed. The cabbage fell to the floor.
· That guy is a terrible basketball player. He always misses the basket.
· The forward missed the goal.
“miss”的第四种意思是说，约定好了一次见面、一场会议或者某种服务，但你没能赶上或者你没去。
· Larissa missed her flight to New York. She’ll have to get on another plane.
· Charles has been missing a lot of meetings lately.
· You missed your appointment. You’ll have to reschedule.
· Try not to miss any more classes.
· I’m sorry I missed the party. Was it fun?
“miss”还有一种用法很重要，和动词用法完全不同，用作未婚女性的称谓。
未婚：Miss
已婚：Mrs.
不确定：Ms.
· Our teacher is Miss Rickenbacker.（她没结婚，还是单身。）
· The principal’s name is Mrs. Fender.（她已婚。）
· Ms. Gibson is a lawyer.（我们不清楚她是否已婚。职业女性通常使用“Ms.”。）
