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Absence Refer Place Fact   [With Supp 英 æbsəns] 美

英语单词 absence
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]
  • ...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。

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]
  • The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer...

    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.

    在没有遗嘱的情况下,由法庭指定监护人。

3
See also:
leave of absence
conspicuous by one's absence→see:
conspicuous

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