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Welcome to English in a Minute!
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目！
Americans use a lot of abbreviated, or shortened, expressions.
美国人使用许多缩略词，或者是简短的表达。
What do you think this abbreviation means?
你知道这个缩略词是什么意思吗？
MIA
战斗中失踪
Jonathan!How've you been?
乔纳森！你去哪了？
It has been so long since I've seen you.
好长时间都没有见过你了。
Yeah,I've been MIA for a while.
是的，我是失踪了一段时间。
I went down to Brazil and spent two weeks with my family in Rio de Janeiro.
我去了巴西里约热内卢，跟我的家人在那呆了两周。
I just got back a few days ago.
我前些日子才回来。
Oh!I hear that Rio is so exciting with beautiful beaches and music...
哦！我听说里约迷人的海滩和美妙的音乐激动人心。
Yeah.I might just go MIA again soon!
是的！近来我也许要再次消失了！
MIA is an abbreviation for missing in action.
MIA是“军事行动中消失”短语的缩略词。
You can use this expression when someone “disappears“ and you don't see them for a long time.
你可以用这个表达来形容某人的“消失”不见很长时间。
People in the military say a soldier is MIA if that person is not found after a battle.
人们用MIA来形容军事中战后失踪的战士。
And that's English in a Minute!
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