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absent

adjective
 OPAL W
🔊/ˈæbsənt/
🔊/ˈæbsənt/
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  1.  
    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。
    opposite present
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • remain
    adverb
    • completely
    • entirely
    • quite
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    phrases
    • absent without leave
    See full entry
  2.  
    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。🔊🔊
    opposite present
    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
    adverb
    • completely
    • entirely
    • quite
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    phrases
    • absent without leave
    See full entry
  3. 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
    see also absently
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin absens, absent- ‘being absent’, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.

absent

verb
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(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they absent
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he / she / it absents
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past simple absented
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past participle absented
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-ing form absenting
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  1. absent yourself (from something) to not go to or be in a place where you are expected to be缺席；不参加；不在
    • He had absented himself from the office for the day.这一天他没有去办公室上班。🔊🔊
    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin absens, absent- ‘being absent’, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.

absent

preposition
🔊/ˈæbsənt/
🔊/ˈæbsənt/
(North American English, formal)
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  1. without缺席；不参加；不在
    • Absent further evidence, the police had no choice but to release him without charge.没有进一步的证据，警察别无选择，只能无罪释放他。
    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin absens, absent- ‘being absent’, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.