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ADJ
不在的；缺席的
If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
例句
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...
他已經有兩個星期沒有坐在辦公桌前了。
The pictures, too, were absent from the walls...
那些畫也不在墻上了。
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ADJ-GRADED
出神的;心不在焉的
If someone appears absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else.
例句
'Nothing,' Rosie said in an absent way.
“沒什么，”羅茜心不在焉地說。
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ADJ
（父或母）不與子女一起住的
An absent parent does not live with his or her children.
例句
...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children.
那些不在子女身邊、未能支付撫養費的父親
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VERB
使不在，使離開（本應在或通常在的地方）
If someone absents themselves from a place where they should be or where they usually are, they do not go there or they do not stay there.
例句
She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose...
她長大了，可以自己做主不來吃午餐了。
He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.
在軍事法庭上他對自己擅離職守表示服罪。
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PREP
若沒有；假設沒有
If you say that absent one thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen.
例句
Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.
假如得不到解決，像休·戈弗雷這樣的人就會一直堅持斗爭下去。