Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!Thomas Haynes BaylyIsle of Beauty
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the greatComte de Bussy-RabutinHistoire amoureuse des Gaules
That out of sight is out of mind Is true of most we leave behindArthur Hugh CloughThat Out of Sight
Among the defects of the Bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence and another by its absenceLord John RussellSpeech to his constituents, 1859
1fact of not being present缺席;不在場ADJECTIVE | ... OF ABSENCE | VERB + ABSENCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤extended, lengthy, long, prolonged長期缺席;長時間不在(某處)▸➤brief, temporary短時間/暫時缺席▸➤frequent經常缺席▸➤excused (NAmE) 因故缺席▸➤unauthorized, unexplained未經許可的缺席;原因不明的缺席... OF ABSENCE➤period缺席期間◇You will not be paid for the full period of absence.整個缺勤期間你不會有報酬。VERB + ABSENCE➤have缺席◇Your son has had too many absences from school.你兒子不上學的次數太多了。➤notice注意到不在場◇Nobody had noticed her absence.沒有人注意到她不在場。➤explain解釋缺席的理由PREPOSITION➤during sb's absence, in sb's absence (= while sb is not there)某人不在時◇My father did all the cooking in my mother's absence.媽媽不在家時都是爸爸做飯。➤absence from缺席⋯◇absence from work缺勤PHRASES➤conspicuous by your absence, notable by your absence (especially BrE) (本該到場)因未到場而引起注意◇When it came to clearing up after the party, Anne was conspicuous by her absence (= very obviously absent when she should have been present).聚會結束開始清理時,安妮不在,大家都察覺到了。➤leave of absence (= permission to be absent)准假◇He asked for leave of absence from his job.他向單位請了假。absence
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2lack缺乏;不存在ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤complete, total完全沒有▸➤virtual實質性的缺乏▸➤conspicuous, notable明顯的缺乏◇a conspicuous absence of evidence證據的明顯缺乏PREPOSITION➤in the absence of在缺乏⋯的情況下◇In the absence of stone, most houses in the area are built of wood.由於石料匱乏,這一地區的房子大多數都是用木頭建造的。