英语单词 | absence |
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英美音标 | 英 ['æbsəns] 美 ['æbsəns] |
中文释义 | n.缺席;缺乏 |
英语例句 | (1) His long absence raised fears about his safety. (2) What was the real reason for your absence? (3) We are in the absence of experience. (4) The absence of color in that drawing make it dull. |
中文例句 | (1) 他长期不在引起了大家对他的安全的担心。 (2) 你缺席的真正原因是什么? (3) 我们缺乏经验。 (4) 那幅画因没有着色而显得晦暗。 |
vocabulary简明 | Absence is the state of not being someplace, like school. It can also refer to the amount of time something has been, or plans to be gone. |
vocabulary扩展 | We most commonly think of absence as the opposite of present in places school, but really it can refer to anything that's missing or something that's lacking. Darkness is an absence of light, and cold is an absence of heat. The figure of speech "absence makes the heart grow fonder" means "when my beloved isn't here, my feelings for them get even stronger" or "when something's gone, you want it even more." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]不在;缺席 Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there. [with supp]
2 [N-SING 单数名词]缺乏;不存在 The absence of something from a place is the fact that it is not there or does not exist. [with supp]
3 See also:leave of absence ; conspicuous by one's absence→see: conspicuous ; |
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