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单词 absence
释义
absence
æbsəns ˈæbsəns
Word forms: plural absences
1 N-VAR 不在;缺席 Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there. 不在;缺席
  • ...a bundle of letters which had arrived for me in my absence.

    我不在期间寄给我的一大堆信件

  • Eleanor would later blame her mother-in-law for her husband's frequent absences.

    埃莉诺过后会因丈夫经常不在家而责怪婆婆。

SYN time off, leave, break, vacation
2 N-SING 缺乏;不存在 The absence of something from a place is the fact that it is not there or does not exist. 缺乏;不存在
  • The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer. [+ of]

    有无云层对热量的传递会产生重要的影响。

  • In the absence of a will the courts decide who the guardian is. [+ of]

    在没有遗嘱的情况下,由法庭指定监护人。

SYN lack, defect, deficiency, default
3 See also: leave of absence  conspicuous by one's absence→see: conspicuous 
Quotations
Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!
Thomas Haynes Bayly Isle of Beauty
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great Comte de Bussy-Rabutin Histoire amoureuse des Gaules
That out of sight is out of mind
Is true of most we leave behind
Arthur Hugh Clough That Out of Sight
Among the defects of the Bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence Lord John Russell Speech to his constituents, 1859
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