absence
英 ['æbs(ə)ns]
美 ['æbsns]
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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 .
- 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"]
- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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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