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absence

英 ['æbs(ə)ns] 美 ['æbsns]

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解释

n. 没有；缺乏；缺席；不注意

※ 提供单词"absence"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

absence 缺席

前缀ab-,离开。-sence为essence缩写，指存在，词根esse的名称形式, 词源同is ,am .

英文词源

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"]

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例句和用法

1. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence.: 关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。

2. I suspect he isn't altogether unhappy about my absence.: 我猜想他对我的缺席并没有感到很不高兴。

3. The official reason given for the President's absence was sickness.: 对外公布的总统未到场原因是身体有恙。

4. A military court sentenced him to death in his absence.: 一所军事法庭在他缺席的情况下判处他死刑。

5. In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day.: 我们不在的时候，办公室里大概谣言四起了吧。