| 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]
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]
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