MIA
adjective
uk/ˌem.aɪˈeɪ/us/ˌem.aɪˈeɪ/abbreviationformissinginaction: used for saying that amemberof thearmedforceshas notreturnedfromfightingin awarbut is notknownforcertainto bedead:
任务中失踪（missing in action的缩写）Highnumbersofmilitarywere stilllistedas MIA.大量士兵仍被列为”在任务中失踪“。
This is doneroutinelytoidentifytheremainsof MIAsoldiers.这通常被用于指认在任务中失踪士兵的遗体。
abbreviationformissinginaction: used for saying that someone or something hasdisappearedand you do notknowwhere they are:
AdamjustwentMIA on Nina andstoppedansweringhercalls.
Brady toldBobthat hisjerseywas MIA.
Soldiers & people who fight in wars
- anti-guerrilla
- Anzac
- berserker
- capability
- cavalryman
- combat engineer
- comrade
- conqueror
- ex-serviceman
- ex-servicewoman
- foot soldier
- headhunter
- militiaman
- raider
- recruit
- scout
- skirmisher
- soldier of fortune
- squaddie
- vassal
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Absent
MIA
noun[C]
uk/ˌem.aɪˈeɪ/us/ˌem.aɪˈeɪ/abbreviationformissinginaction: amemberof thearmedforceswho has notreturnedfromfightingin awarbut is notknownforcertainto bedead:
Theagencyisresponsiblefortrackingdown MIAs.
Unrecordeddeathsinprisoncampscontributedto the highnumberof MIAs at thattime.
Absent
- absence
- absent
- absentee
- absenteeism
- anywhere
- AWOL
- conspicuous
- go AWOLidiom
- in absentia
- lacuna
- misper
- missing
- missing person
- no-show
- not anywhere to be foundidiom
- nowhere
- nowhere to be foundidiom
- out
- station
- unaccounted for