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absent adj.缺席的；不在的；缺乏的vt.使缺席 (1) 许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。(2) 你不应当旷课。(3) 在做这些实验前,人们认为动物王国缺乏语言技能。(4) 昨天你为何不到校? Absent can also describe a state of mind, meaning "not all there" or "lost in thought." If you are absent from class on a test day, you will have to explain your absence, unless your teacher is so absent minded she forgets and just gives you an A.

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英 ['æbsənt] 美 ['æbsənt] (1) Many students were absent, notably the monitor.(2) You should not be absent from class.(3) Before such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom.(4) Why did you absent yourself from school yesterday? Absent means not there. If you absent yourself from class, you're marked as absent. If you have an absent parent, it means they don't live with you or take part in your care. The adjective and preposition are pronounced /'æbsənt/. The verb is pronounced /æb'sent/. 形容词和介词读作 /'æbsənt/。动词读作 /æb'sent/。1[ADJ 形容词]不在的；缺席的 If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.   [usu v-link ADJ]He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。The pictures, too, were absent from the walls...那些画也不在墙上了。Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly.士兵若未报到将被视为擅离职守而受处分。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]出神的；心不在焉的 If someone appears absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else. 'Nothing,' Rosie said in an absent way.“没什么，”罗茜心不在焉地说。absentlyHe nodded absently.他漫不经心地点了点头。3[ADJ 形容词]（父或母）不与子女一起住的 An absent parent does not live with his or her children.   [ADJ n]...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children.那些不在子女身边、未能支付抚养费的父亲4[VERB 动词]使不在，使离开（本应在或通常在的地方） If someone absents themselves from a place where they should be or where they usually are, they do not go there or they do not stay there.   [V pron-refl from n]  [V pron-refl]  [FORMAL 正式]She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose...她长大了，可以自己做主不来吃午餐了。He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.在军事法庭上他对自己擅离职守表示服罪。5[PREP 介词]若没有；假设没有 If you say that absent one thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen.   [AM 美]  [FORMAL 正式]Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.假如得不到解决，像休·戈弗雷这样的人就会一直坚持斗争下去。

英语单词	absent
英美音标	英 ['æbsənt] 美 ['æbsənt]
中文释义	adj.缺席的；不在的；缺乏的 vt.使缺席
英语例句	(1) Many students were absent, notably the monitor. (2) You should not be absent from class. (3) Before such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom. (4) Why did you absent yourself from school yesterday?
中文例句	(1) 许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。 (2) 你不应当旷课。 (3) 在做这些实验前,人们认为动物王国缺乏语言技能。 (4) 昨天你为何不到校?
vocabulary简明	Absent means not there. If you absent yourself from class, you're marked as absent. If you have an absent parent, it means they don't live with you or take part in your care.
vocabulary扩展	Absent can also describe a state of mind, meaning "not all there" or "lost in thought." If you are absent from class on a test day, you will have to explain your absence, unless your teacher is so absent minded she forgets and just gives you an A.
柯林斯解释	The adjective and preposition are pronounced /'æbsənt/. The verb is pronounced /æb'sent/. 形容词和介词读作 /'æbsənt/。动词读作 /æb'sent/。 1 [ADJ 形容词]不在的；缺席的 If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there. [usu v-link ADJ] He has been absent from his desk for two weeks... 他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。 The pictures, too, were absent from the walls... 那些画也不在墙上了。 Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly. 士兵若未报到将被视为擅离职守而受处分。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]出神的；心不在焉的 If someone appears absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else. 'Nothing,' Rosie said in an absent way. “没什么，”罗茜心不在焉地说。 absently He nodded absently. 他漫不经心地点了点头。 3 [ADJ 形容词]（父或母）不与子女一起住的 An absent parent does not live with his or her children. [ADJ n] ...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children. 那些不在子女身边、未能支付抚养费的父亲 4 [VERB 动词]使不在，使离开（本应在或通常在的地方） If someone absents themselves from a place where they should be or where they usually are, they do not go there or they do not stay there. [V pron-refl from n] [V pron-refl] [FORMAL 正式] She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose... 她长大了，可以自己做主不来吃午餐了。 He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave. 在军事法庭上他对自己擅离职守表示服罪。 5 [PREP 介词]若没有；假设没有 If you say that absent one thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen. [AM 美] [FORMAL 正式] Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting. 假如得不到解决，像休·戈弗雷这样的人就会一直坚持斗争下去。

Absent Thing Means Live Pronounced Adj 形容词 Place