ab·sent
adjective OPAL W
/ˈæbsənt/
/ˈæbsənt/
- absent (from…) not in a place because of illness, etc.
缺席；不在 - He was absent from work for two weeks.
他两个星期没有上班了。 - Local people were conspicuously absent from the meeting.
当地人都没有到会，这引起了人们的关注。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- from
- absent without leave
- He was absent from work for two weeks.
- absent (from something) not present in something
不存在；缺少 - Love was totally absent from his childhood.
他童年时没有得到丝毫关爱。
Extra Examples- He now played with a passion that had been strangely absent from his previous performance.
他现在满怀激情地演出，奇怪的是，以前演出时未见他有此激情。 - He played with an abandon that was strangely absent from his performance last week.
他全身心地演出，奇怪的是，上星期演出时未见他如此投入。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- from
- absent without leave
- Love was totally absent from his childhood.
- showing that you are not really looking at or thinking about what is happening around you
心不在焉的；出神的 - an absent expression
心不在焉的神情
- an absent expression
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin absens, absent- ‘being absent’, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.