absence

英 ['?bs(?)ns] 美['?bsns]
  • n. 沒有；缺乏；缺席；不注意
CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞核心詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?absences;

中文詞源

absence 缺席

前綴ab-,離開。-sence為essence縮寫，指存在，詞根esse的名稱形式, 詞源同is ,am .

英文詞源

absence (n.)
late 14c., from Old French absence (14c.), from Latin absentia, noun of state from absentem (nominative absens), present participle of abesse "be away from, be absent," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + esse "to be" (see essence).
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
[Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839) "Isle of Beauty"]

雙語例句

1. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence.
關(guān)于他缺席的原因有很多傳言。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I suspect he isn't altogether unhappy about my absence.
我猜想他對我的缺席并沒有感到很不高興。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The official reason given for the President's absence was sickness.
對外公布的總統(tǒng)未到場原因是身體有恙。

來自柯林斯例句

4. A military court sentenced him to death in his absence.
一所軍事法庭在他缺席的情況下判處他死刑。

來自柯林斯例句

5. In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day.
我們不在的時候，辦公室里大概謠言四起了吧。

來自柯林斯例句