- 错过机会，坐失良机：
Will you feel as if you're missing out if you don't take part in the concert?
假如不参加这次音乐会，你会不会感到错过了机会?
I missed out on his offer of a free holiday in Spain.
他让我免费去西班牙度假，我却坐失良机。
- (被)遗忘；(被)略去：
When you were planning the meal, you missed out the cheese.
你安排这顿饭的时候，把奶酪忘掉了。
I notice that the advertisement misses out the price of the product.
我注意到，广告漏写了产品的价格。
- 失败，没有成功：
He missed out at the match.
他在这次比赛中失败了。
- 冷落；不在意(某人)：
It's her own fault if she feels missed out at the party; she makes no effort to be friendly to people.
要是她感到在晚会上被冷落的话，这是她自己的错；她从来也不设法对人们表示友好。