MISS or LOSE or MISSING? - Differences and Collocations | English Grammar Lesson

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- Hello everyone and welcome back to English With Lucy.

大家好，欢迎回到English with Lucy。

Today, I've got another grammar, slash,

青年，今天我要教你们另一节

vocabulary lesson for you.

单词语法课。

It's all about the difference between to miss and to lose

它是关于miss, lose 和 be missing 的不同之处，

and also, to be missing, which can be very confusing.

它们非常容易弄混。

Before we get started, I would just like to thank

在我们开始之前，我想感谢

the sponsor of today's video.

今天视频的赞助商。

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italk，italk是一个在线

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语言学习平台。

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他们有你能想象到的任何一个语言

you can imagine for almost every single language

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在世界上。

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我自己曾尝试学习了一点印度尼西亚语。

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该说这个视频了。

That will be exciting.

它太令人兴奋了。

I was blown away by the quality

我被它的质量

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和价格打败了。

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你能在在任何地方，任何时候，一周的任何一天学习。

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他们给我一个特别的优惠来送给你们。

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你们能免费得到一个10美元的italk充值

when you sign up and make your first $10 purchase.

当你注册和进行第一次10美元购买后。

So, it's like a buy one get one free on lessons.

因此，能用来免费购买一节课程。

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你需要做的就是领取这个折扣

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Right, let's get started with the lesson.

好了，现在让我们开始这节课。

Now, on your language, you might have separate words

现在，在你的语言里，可能对miss 和 lose

for to miss and to lose.

有对应的独立的词。

However, in lots of languages across the globe,

然而，在整个地球大量语言里

to miss and to lose are the same word,

miss 和 lose 是同一个词，

which makes it incredibly confusing

这对那些正努力学习英语的人来说

for those who are trying to learn english.

令他们非常疑惑。

There are so many words in the english language

在英语里有很多这样的词

that are like this, there are make and do,

像make 和 do，

miss and lose, earn and win.

miss 和 lose，earn 和 win。

So many words where we have two or three

一个意思有两个，三个或四个词

or four words for this but in other languages,

但在其他语言里

there's just one word.

仅仅对应一个词。

But I'm going to clarify exactly

但我将准确分清

when you should use miss, when you should use lose

何时使用应该miss，何时应该使用lose

and when you can use to be missing as well.

和何时你能使用 be missing。

So, I'm going to start by going through

因此，我将开始说明

all of the situations in which you should use miss,

你应该使用miss的各个场景

and then I'm going to give you

接着给你们

some extra little collocations

其他的用法

and miscellaneous phrases as well.

和混杂的单词搭配。

And then I'll go through all of the situations

接着我将讲我们使用lose的各个场景

in which you would use to lose, and of course,

当然

some extra collocations and phrases using lose.

还有其他的用法总结和单词搭配。

Finally, we'll go through to be missing

最后，我将讲be missing，

and compare it to lose, because sometimes,

并和lose比较，因为有时

it can be used in a really, really similar way.

它们的使用方式非常，非常相似。

So, yes, this lesson should be very clear,

好，这节课应该非常清楚了，

it should help you.

它应该能帮到你。

If you do have any questions, put it down

如果你有任何问题，在下面

in the comments below and I would love

留言给我，我很喜欢

to hear about what you use for miss and lose

知道在你的语言里怎样表达

in your languages as well.

miss 和 lose。

So please put that in the comments section.

请写在下面的评论区。

Do you have just one word or do you have separate words?

你们是用一个词还是多个词？

Let's get started with the lesson.

让我们开始这节课。

So there are three situations in which you would use miss.

有三个场景你会使用Miss。

The first one is to miss an event or an opportunity.

第一个是错过一个赛事或约会。

This means you might arrive too late

表示你到达太晚

to attend an event or opportunity

而不能参加一个赛事或约会

or you might just not attend the event or opportunity.

或仅仅是不能参加赛事或约会。

So, it can mean to arrive too late

因此，它表示来晚

or to just totally not attend.

或完全仅仅是不能参加。

So, you could miss a class or a lesson.

因此，你能说错过一节课或培训

You could miss a deadline.

你可能错过了截止日期。

You could miss an appointment or a meeting.

你可能错过一场约会或一个会议。

You could miss a party or you could miss a sports match

你可能错过了一个聚会或一场运动赛事

or a show or concert.

或一场表演或音乐会。

You could arrive too late to watch that sports match

你可能到的太晚不能看运动赛事

or you could just totally not attend the sports match.

或仅仅不能参加运动赛事。

So, if someone asks me, "Did you watch

因此，如果有人问我，“你昨晚看

"the football last night?"

那场足球赛了吗？”

I could say, no, I missed it.

我可以说，没，我错过了。

So, it could mean that I got home too late to watch it on TV

它可能意味着我回家太晚没能在电视上看到

or I just didn't watch it, or I didn't watch it

或仅仅是没看，或我想看

but I had intended to watch it.

但是没看成。

Now, bear that sports match one in your mind

现在，在你脑袋里记一个运动赛事

because we're going to talk about it a little bit later on.

因为随后我们将要谈论它。

It can also refer to not hearing

它也可能指没听到

or not seeing something as well.

或没看到一些事。

So, if I miss the game, I didn't see the game.

因此，如果我错过了比赛，我没看到比赛。

Or if I missed what you were saying,

我错过了你说的

I didn't hear what you were saying.

我没听清你说的什么

The next situation in which we use miss

下一个使用miss的情景

is for transport and this means

是交通，意味着到达太晚

to arrive too late for transport.

没赶上交通。

I used to work a lot with Spanish students

我过去常常和在伦敦学习英语的西班牙人

who were learning english in London

在一起，

and they would arrive late to my lessons and say,

他们上我的课来的太晚，说

"Sorry, I lost the bus."

“对不起，I lost the bus”

And it should be miss because miss is used

它应该是 miss ，因为miss 被用于

when you arrive too late for transport.

当你太晚而不能赶上坐交通工具。

So, you could miss a bus, a flight,

因此，你能miss一个公交车，一个航班，

a plane, you could miss a train, for example.

一个飞机，例如，你miss了 一躺火车。

The final situation is to miss somebody or something

最后一个场景是想念某人或某事，

and this means to feel sad when someone

意味着当某人不在你附近时

or something isn't near you anymore,

你感到悲伤

or you don't do something anymore.

或不在能做任何事。

So you could miss your friends, you could miss your family,

因此你能miss你的朋友，你能miss你的家人，

you could miss the way things used to be.

你能miss 你过去做事的方式。

You could miss a dress that you don't have anymore.

你也能miss你不再有的穿着。

You could miss going to the cinema

例如，你能miss和你奶奶

with your grandma, for example.

去电影院。

Now, a couple more collocations with miss.

现在有一些关于miss的更多用法。

You could miss the point.

你能说miss the point。

If I say to you, you've totally missed the point.

如果我对你说，你完全missed the point。

It means you haven't understood

这意味着你不理解

the point of this conversation

对话的要点

or the reason why we're doing this.

或我们做这的原因。

You can miss a target, which means,

你能miss a target，意味着

well literally, a bullseye target.

正如表面所说，靶心目标。

You could either hit the target or you can miss it.

你能 hit 目标或miss 目标

If you miss a target or an objective,

如果你miss 一个目标或一个物体，

it means you don't achieve what you were hoping to achieve.

它意味着你没实现你所希望的。

You can miss your chance and this means

你能miss你的机会，这意味着

that you lose out on, you don't take the opportunity

你失去了，你没有为某事抓住机会

for something and to miss your chance,

错过了机会

it relates to what we were saying

它与我们对机会或事件所说的

about opportunities and events.

内容相关。

If you miss your chance to enter a competition, for example,

举个例子，如果你miss了进入竞争，

you have missed the opportunity to enter that competition.

你就错过了进入竞争的机会。

Right, let's move to lose.

好了，让我们说lose。

One thing I just want to remind you

在我们开始lose之前，我想提醒你

before we get started on lose is spelling.

一件事就是拼写。

When I used to mark students exam papers,

我常常给学生试卷纸上留下记号

they would lose out on marks 'cause they would spell

当他们因拼写lose用两个o

to lose with two o's.

而失去分时。

Now, listen to this.

现在，听这个。

Lose, loose.

lose,loose.

Loose means something is not tight.

Loose 意思是某物不太紧。

It's an adjective.

它是个形容词。

Lose is the verb that we're going to be talking about today.

我们今天谈论的lose是个动词。

So, be wary of the pronunciation

因此，小心它的发音

and be very wary of the spelling.

小心它的拼写。

Lose, not loose (laughs).

Lose，而不是loose（笑声）

Okay, we've got slightly more situations with lose.

好了，我们将学习更多使用lose的场景。

We've got five and the first one is, to lose something,

我们将学到五个用法，第一个是lose something

which means to not be able to find something.

表示你不能找到某物

You could lose your keys, you could lose your credit card,

你可能lose 你的钥匙，你可能lose你的信用卡，

you could lose your wallet.

你可能lose你的钱包。

I really hope that doesn't happen to me.

我真的不希望发生在我身上。

The next meaning for lose is to have less of something.

lose的另一个意思是某物变少。

It doesn't mean you can't find it,

它不是说你不能找到它，

it just means you have less of it.

而是你拥有的某物少了。

So, you could lose weight, you are carrying less weight.

因此，你可能lose weight，你正在变瘦。

If I am losing weight, I am reducing the amount of weight

如果我losing weight，我的身体的重量

that I have.

正在减少。

We talked about this in the video I did on appearances.

在说人的外貌的视频中的视频中我们讨论过。

And we spoke about losing your hair and going bald

我们说过losing your hair and going bald

and this means that gradually you have less and less hair.

这是说你的头发越来越少。

You could also lose interest in something or somebody.

你可能也对某事或某人少了兴趣。

There are lots of examples for this one.

有很多像这样的例子。

Now the third situation in which you can use to lose

第三个你能使用lose的场景是

is when you don't have something that you did have before.

当你失去了以前拥有的事物的时候。

Actually, I guess you can lose a person as well.

事实上，我猜你可能lose a person。

So, when you don't have something or someone

当你失去你从前拥有的

that you did have before.

某人或某物

So, this means to not have something or someone

这意味着你不再拥有你从前拥有的

that you did have before.

某物或某人。

So, you can lose money, you can lose a job,

因此，你可能l失去钱，你可能失业，

you can lose a partner, you can lose hope.

你可能失去同伴，你可能失去希望。

Before you didn't have these things, you did have them.

在你失去这些之前，你确实拥有他们。

So you have lost them.

现在你失去了他们。

Now, the fourth meaning of to lose is to not win.

lose的第四个意思是没赢。

So, you can lose a game, you can lose a sports match,

你可能输了比赛，你可能输了体育赛事，

you can lose a competition.

你可能输了竞争。

It means you haven't won them.

这意味着你没赢他们。

But do you remember I said keep sports match

你记得我让你记住体育赛事吗

in your head, because it's very important

因为使用正确的动词是

to use the correct verb.

非常重要的。

If I say, I missed the game and I lost the game,

如果我说，我错过了比赛和我输了比赛，

they mean two very different things.

这是非常不同的事情。

I missed the game means I didn't arrive on time

我错过比赛意味着我没有按时到达

to see the game or I just completely did not see the game.

看比赛或完全没看。

If I say I lost the game, it means I did not win the game.

如果我输了比赛，它意味着我没赢的比赛。

So, it's important to distinguish between miss and lose

尤其在语境中区分lose 和 miss

especially in that context.

是非常重要的。

The final situation in which we can use to lose

我们能使用lose的最后一个场景是

is when a family member or somebody close to you

当你的亲人

passes away or dies.

过世或死去的时候。

To lose somebody is a nice and respectful way

说失去某人是一个好的和礼貌的方式

of saying that somebody near to you has died.

说你的亲人死了。

So, if i say, Jenny lost her mum last year,

如果我说，Jenny去年 失去了她妈妈

it means Jenny's mum passed away last year.

它意思是去年Jenny的妈妈去年去世了。

Now, let's look at a couple more collocations using lose.

现在，让我们看下使用lose的更多用法。

You can lose track of time, which means

你可能lose track of time，意思是

that you don't realise how much time

你没意识到多少时间

has passed or is passing.

已经流逝了。

I failed my exam because I lost track of time

我考试失败因为我忘记了时间

and I didn't realise that I didn't have enough time left

我没有意识到还剩下多少时间

to answer the final question.

去回答最后的问题。

You can also lose consciousness,

你也可能lose conciousness

which means you become unconscious.

意味着你没了意识。

You can lose your head or lose your temper,

你可能lose your head 或 los your temper，

which means that you get very, very angry.

意味着你非常非常生气。

If you'd like to see more ways

如果你看到更多的方式

on how to say that you are angry or annoyed in english,

在英语中如何去说你生气，

you can check out the video up here.

你能添加到视频这里。

You can also lose the plot or lose your mind as well,

你可能也会lose the plot or lose your mind，

which means that you've gone crazy.

这意味着你变的疯狂了。

Have you lost your mind?

你疯了吗？

Are you crazy?

你疯了吗？

Uh, I've completely lost the plot.

嗯，我完全疯掉了。

I'm just being so silly.

我是如此愚蠢。

You can lose sleep over something,

你也可能因为某事 lose sleep，

which means you worry about something.

意味着你担心某事。

If I say, don't lose sleep over it,

如果wos说，不要因为它失眠，

it means don't worry about it.

意思是别担心了。

You can lose heart, which means you lose enthusiasm

你也可能lose heart，意思是你失去热情，

and you can lose your voice,

你也可能lose your voice，

which means when you get a cold,

意味着你着凉了，

and you can't speak anymore, you speaking like this.

你不再能说话，你说话像这样。

You've lost your voice.

你lost your voice。

So, we've covered to lose and to miss,

我们已经说过了lose和miss，

but what about to be missing because this one can be used

但是be missing那，因为这个也能

in a similar way as to lose.

像lose 一样被使用。

To be missing is all about expectation

Be missing 是关于预计，

and what you expect or what is expected.

你的预计是什么，什么在预计之中。

There are three ways in which we can use it.

这有几种你能使用它的方式。

The first one, they're all very similar.

第一个，它们是很相似的。

The first one, if something is missing,

第一个，如果某物is missing，

for example, my keys are missing.

例如，我的钥匙 are missing。

It doesn't mean that I've lost my keys,

这不是说我丢了我的钥匙，

it means that my keys are not where I expected to find them.

而是我的钥匙不在我预计能找到的地方。

So, I look in my handbag where I expect to find my keys,

我看我的手提包期望能找到我的钥匙，

they're missing, they're not there

they’re missing, 它们不在那

but there are many possibilities.

但是那有很多可能性。

They might be lost, they might be stolen,

它们可能丢了，可能被偷了，

somebody might have moved them.

可能有人挪走了。

All I know is that they're not where I expected them to be.

我知道的是它们不在我预计的地方。

So, to be missing is all about expectation.

因此，be missing是关于预期的。

The next situation refers to people.

下一个场景与人有关。

If somebody is missing from a meeting or a dinner party

如果某人missing 从一个会议或晚餐聚会

or a get together, or some sort of event.

或一个聚会，或一些其他活动。

It means that they are not present

这是说他们在预计应该在场的时候没有

when they are expected to be present.

在场。

We expected them to be at the meeting

我们预计他们在开会

but they're not there, they are missing.

但是他们不在，they are missing。

The third meaning, however, is a bit more serious.

第三个意思有点严重。

If somebody is missing, not from an event or meeting,

如果某人is missing，不在一个活动中或会议上

it just missing full stop, their whereabouts,

这仅仅是迷失了，他们的行踪

their location is unknown and people

位置全然不知，人们都

are trying to find them.

尽力找到他们。

This could also be called to be reported as missing

这就是被称为迷路

or to go missing as well.

或走失了。

So that's more serious.

因此这是更严重的。

So on the news, you might see a 12-year-old girl

例如，在新闻里，你可能看到过一个12岁的女孩

has been missing for four days, for example.

走失了四天。

Right, who's been watching English With Lucy

好了，谁自从开始就一直看

since the very beginning?

English with Lucy那？

When I started my channel, I used to make videos

自从我开设这个频道，我过去常常做视频

with little quizzes at the end.

在结尾问些小问题。

And I though it would be really nice to do one today.

我认为今天做这个也非常好。

So, I set up a quiz.

因此，我列了些问题。

There are 10 questions.

有10个问题。

You can put your answers in the comments if you like.

如果你喜欢你可以把答案写在评论里。

One, could you repeat that?

第一题

I, what you said.

Could you repeat that?

I, what you said.

Number two, he got, in Soho, London.

第二题

He got, in Soho, London.

Three, my friend lives in Australia and I, her a lot.

第三题

My friend lives in Australia and I, her a lot.

Four, he, the bus to work.

第四题

He, the bus to work.

Number five, she, all her money on Bitcoin.

第五题

She, all her money on Bitcoin.

Number six, she's been reported as, in the news.

第六题

She's been reported as, in the news.

Number seven, I dropped my computer and, all my data.

第七题

I dropped my computer and, all my data.

Eight, my credit card is, from my wallet.

第八题

My credit card is, from my wallet.

Number nine, why were you, from the meeting?

第九题

Why were you, from the meeting?

Number 10, I, my temper when she said she wasn't coming.

第十题

I, my temper when she said she wasn't coming.

Right guys, put your answers in the comments below.

好了，把你们的答案写在下面的评论里。

I'll see if I can correct some of you

我将看并纠正你们中的一些

and feel free to correct each other as well.

如果有空的话也可以相互纠正。

That's it for today's lesson.

这就是今天的课了。

I hope you found it useful and I hope you enjoyed it.

我希望你们认为它有用，并且享受它。

You guys have requested more grammar lessons,

你们已经要求了更多的语法课，

so that's what I've been focusing on making this week.

这就是这个周我全心制作的。

But remember, you can put any recommendations

记住，你们能提出任何建议

in the comments.

I read as many comments as I can.

在讨论里。

我会尽可能读更多的讨论。

So, hopefully I'll see those.

希望我能看到哦。

Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.

别忘了在我的社交媒体和我联系。

I've got my Facebook, my Instagram and my Twitter

在我的Facebook，instragram 和Twitter，

and I will see you soon for another lesson.

下节课再见。

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咂嘴

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