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absence

英 ['æbs(ə)ns]美 ['æbsns]

n. 没有；缺乏；缺席；不注意

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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 .

英语词源

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"]

权威例句

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。

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