The adjective and preposition are pronounced 'æbsənt/. The verb is pronounced /æb'sent/. 形容词和介词读作 /'æbsənt/。动词读作 /æb'sent/。
1 ADJ [usually verb-link ADJ] 不在的;缺席的 If someone or something is
absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
不在的;缺席的 -
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks. [+ from]
他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。
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The pictures, too, were absent from the walls.
那些画也不在墙上了。
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Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly.
士兵若未报到将被视为擅离职守而受处分。
2 ADJ-GRADED 出神的;心不在焉的 If someone appears
absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else.
出神的;心不在焉的 absently -
He nodded absently.
他漫不经心地点了点头。
3 ADJ [ADJ n] (父或母)不与子女一起住的 An
absent parent does not live with his or her children.
(父或母)不与子女一起住的 4 VERB 使不在,使离开(本应在或通常在的地方) If someone
absents themselves from a place where they should be or where they usually are, they do not go there or they do not stay there.
使不在,使离开(本应在或通常在的地方) [formal] 5 PREP 若没有;假设没有 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.
若没有;假设没有 [US, formal] Quotations
Greater things are believed of those who are absent Tacitus Histories View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years