absent
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there. 缺席的
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks. 他已經(jīng)兩個(gè)星期沒來(lái)了。
The pictures, too, were absent from the walls. 那些照片也不在那些墻上了。
2. ADJ If someone appears absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else. 心不在焉的
"Nothing," Rosie said in an absent way. “沒什么，”羅茜心不在焉地說(shuō)。
3. absentlyADV 心不在焉地
He nodded absently. 他心不在焉地點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭。
4. ADJ An absent parent does not live with his or her children. 不與孩子同住的[ADJ n]
...absent fathers who fail to pay toward the costs of looking after their children. …未能支付撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)的不與孩子同住的父親們。
5. PREP If you say that absent one thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen. 倘若沒有…[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)] [正式]
Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting. 若沒有個(gè)解決方案，像休·戈弗雷這樣的人就會(huì)繼續(xù)爭(zhēng)斗。
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absent /??bs?nt/
劍橋詞典
- If a child is absent, the teacher notes it down in the class register .
- The teacher called the roll to see if any students were absent.
- I was absent from work on that day .
absent adjective (NOT PRESENT)
not in the place where you are expected to be, especially at school or work（尤指上課或工作）缺勤的；缺席的；不在場(chǎng)的
John has been absent from school /work for three days now. 約翰到現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)曠課／曠工三天了。
We drank a toast to absent friends . 我們?yōu)闆]能來(lái)的朋友舉杯祝福。
例句
absent adjective (NOT EXISTING)
not existing
不存在的；缺乏的
Any sign of remorse was completely absent from her face . 她臉上沒有一絲自責(zé)的神情。
absent adjective (NOT PAYING ATTENTION)
used to describe a person or the expression on a person's face when they are thinking about other things and are not paying attention to what is happening near them
心不在焉的；走神的 返回 absent