单词 | to miss out |
释义 | > as lemmasto miss out to miss out I. To omit, fail, or being deprived of. 1. transitive. To omit, leave out, overlook. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over > in speaking, writing passa1425 missa1450 ferry1477 pretermit1542 silence1570 slip1607 reticence1833 to miss out1855 to skate over or round1928 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. ix. 115 Every third note, on an average, being either indistinct, or wholly missed out. 1870 L. Toulmin Smith Eng. Gilds 432 (note) The transcriber by a slip of the pen has missed out words or parts of words. 1934 ‘J. Field’ Life of One's Own Pref. p. xv The more I read scientific books on psychology the more I felt that the essential facts of experience were being missed out. 1958 Times 14 Nov. 19/1 Harvey made a splendid break on the right, then missed out Carris and passed direct to Seaton. 1991 A. Campbell Sidewinder v. 63 It comes down through the female line, sometimes missing out a generation or two. 2. intransitive. Originally U.S. colloquial. To fail to achieve an aim, end, or result. ΚΠ 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §262/2 Fail,..miss out (on). 1944 D. Runyon Runyon a la Carte 100 He will lay them according to how he figures their word..if Brandy Bottle misses out. 1992 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 27 Mar. 32/5 For an historical account that returns to feudalism to trace the successive resurrections of the rough, Mann misses out at both ends. 3. intransitive. colloquial. To be deprived of an experience or opportunity; to fail to take an opportunity. ΚΠ 1960 S. H. Courtier Gently dust Corpse iii. 32 They..had missed out when prosperity hit the Mallee. 1987 D. Rowe Beyond Fear viii. 296 I've had fifteen years of marriage and two daughters and I feel I've missed out along the way. 1997 A. Wood EastEnders (BBC TV script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 575. 14 Do you ever think that you'll miss out, you know, never being a Dad? II. intransitive. With on. 4. colloquial (originally U.S.). To be deprived of, fail to take the opportunity of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to achieve to miss of ——c1225 fault1522 to err froma1538 to miss on ——a1627 miss1644 to miss out1929 1929 D. Scarborough Can't get Red Bird xxvii. 405 I feel sorry for a poor sucker that misses out on any one of 'em. 1934 Hound & Horn 7 393 They have a way of missing out on emotional experience, either through timidity and caution or through heroic renunciation. 1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 56/2 The motivation derives from the desire not to miss out on any information that could be essential later. 1995 Canad. Living June 148/1 Without Anthony for a fishing buddy on our last tour through Alberta, I would have missed out on bungee jumping in the West Edmonton Mall water park. 1997 Total Sport Mar. 117/2 Last season they ensured that Real Madrid missed out on Europe for the first time in their history. 5. colloquial (originally U.S.). To omit, overlook, fail to do. ΚΠ 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §262/2 Fail,..miss out (on). 1952 G. W. Brace Spire (1953) xii. 105 It was Flanders who was planning the reception... But he missed out on Wilfred Stearns. 1961 J. Wade Back to Life ix. 120 Sorry I missed out on that report. < as lemmas |
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