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发信人: yangs (Microsea永不止息), 信区: English
标 题: Slang of the day
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2002年09月04日08:57:51 星期三), 站内信件
MIA
Definition: Absent; someone who is missing or not where they are supposed to
be.
Example: 1) Bob was MIA during the meeting. He probably left early to watch
the football game.
2) There are still thousands of MIAs from the Vietnam War.
Etymology: This phrase comes the U.S. military, and stands for 'Missing in A
ction'. Soldiers who disappear (and are presumably killed) during a war are
called MIAs. Now the phrase is sometimes applied to less dramatic situations
, in which someone can't be found for a short period of time.
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