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Absentee Person Show She's Ballot Adj 形容词   [Adj

英语单词 absentee
英美音标 英 [ˌæbsən'tiː] 美 [ˌæbsən'tiː]
中文释义 n.缺席者;缺勤者;不在者
英语例句 (1) The absentee cooked up some excuse about being ill.
(2) The absentee is a person who is absent from work.
中文例句 (1) 那位缺席者编造了一个有病的借口。
(2) 旷工者就是上班不到的人。
vocabulary简明 An absentee is someone who doesn't show up when she's supposed to. A high school student who's an absentee too often may end up failing some classes.
vocabulary扩展 If the star player of your basketball team doesn't show up for the big game, she's an absentee. Likewise, if you skip work to go to the beach on a beautiful day, your boss will consider you an absentee. If you fill out an absentee ballot before an election, you're using a special form for voters who won't be physically present at the polls. The Latin root is absentem, "be away from."
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词](应到而未到的)不在者,缺席者 An absentee is a person who is expected to be in a particular place but who is not there.
    2
    [ADJ 形容词]不在的;缺席的 Absentee is used to describe someone who is not there to do a particular job in person.
      [ADJ n]
    • Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child maintenance.

      缺席的父亲将会被强制要求支付孩子的抚养费。

    • ...an absentee landlord.

      在外业主

    3
    [ADJ 形容词]缺席的(指美国因故预先投票的选票或选民) In elections in the United States, if you vote by absentee ballot or if you are an absentee voter, you vote in advance because you will be away.
      [ADJ n]
      [AM 美]
    • He has already voted by absentee ballot...

      他已进行了缺席投票。

    • The deadline for absentee voting in was Saturday.

      缺席投票的最后期限是星期六。

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