adj. 1.不在的,缺席的,缺勤的 (opp. present)。 2.缺少的,无。 3.不在意的,茫然的,恍惚的。 短语和例子 He is absent on business. 他因事外出。 to be absent from a friend 和朋友分离。 Long absent soon forgotten. 离久情疏。 an absent air 发呆,茫然,恍惚。 He was absent in his mind then. 当时他心不在焉。 absent treatment 〔美口〕顾客少,卖座少。 be absent from (home, school, office) 不在(家),缺(课),缺(席),缺(勤);缺(工)。 be absent in (Paris) 不在某地而在(巴黎)。 be absent without excuse [leave] 擅自缺席。 in an absent sort of way 心不在焉地,茫然。 vt. 使缺席。 absent oneself from 不在,不到,缺席,缺勤;擅自离开。 adv. -ly 心不在焉地,茫然,心神不定地。
not being in a specified place
lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" 同义词:absentminded, abstracted, scatty,
nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" 同义词:lacking, missing, wanting,
go away or leave; "He absented himself" 同义词:remove,
例句与用法
1.
He was never long absent from my side . 他从未长时间离开过我的身边。
2.
She was absent because of a recent bereavement . 她因最近丧亲而缺席。
3.
Pug gave his wife an absent kiss . 帕格心不在焉地吻了一下他的妻子。
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The emotion that links them was absent . 没有可以把他们联系起来的激情。
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He 's the only one absent . everybody is here except him . 单单他没来。
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He was absent , as is often the case . 他没有来,这是常有的事。
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An average of ten students are absent each day . 平均每天有十名学生缺席。
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Was he absent from school last week ? 他上个星期没去上学吧?
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The boy was absent because he was ill . 那个孩子因病缺席。
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Mrs. williams : yes , he was absent on wednesday . 威廉斯夫人:是的,他星期三没上学。