absence

absence
noun

[mass noun]the state of being away from a place or person
外出，不在
the letter had arrived during his absence.
信是在他外出期间到的。
I supervised the rehearsal in the absence of the director.
导演不在的时候由我指导排练。
■[count noun]an occasion or period of being away from a place or person
缺席；外出期
repeated absences from school.
屡次缺课。
■(absence of)the non-existence or lack of
不存在，缺乏
she found his total absence of facial expression disconcerting.
她认为他面无表情，令人十分不安。

常用词组
absence makes the heart grow fonder

(proverb)you feel more affection for those you love when parted from them
(谚)小别胜新婚

absence of mind

failure to concentrate on or remember what one is doing
走神，心不在焉

语源

late Middle English : from Old French, from Latin absentia, from absens, absent- (see absent)

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