missing in action

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪn ˈækʃən/    美 /ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪn ˈækʃən/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed. not-comparable
    — Missing in action are those who have been dropped from the muster-roll as missing in action, and have subsequently joined again. [...] If the missing in action, or desertion, and the return to the company, both occur in the quarter, it is not necessary to note them; in other words, it is not necessary that the soldiers should be dropped and taken up again on the same return.
  2. Not present when one is expected to be. broadly,not-comparable
    — He says that when pressed about why the money was missing in action, NAB [National Australia Bank] failed to provide an explanation and threatened to foreclose on the customer.

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