absence   (發音)

ab.sence

[常用字]

【名詞】

1 不在; 缺席, 缺勤, 曠職

after five years' absence 離開五年之後

absence of mind 精神恍惚, 心不在焉

mark the absences 記缺席

2 缺少, 缺乏

the absence of evidence 缺乏證據

The widow has fits of absence. 這寡婦有時會神不守舍

3 心不在焉, 不專心

absence of mind 心不在焉

in a person's absence

1 背地裡

Don't speak ill of teachers in their absence. 不要在背後說老師的壞話

2 某人不在時

Jack stole the money in his father's absence. 傑克趁他父親不在的時候偷錢

leave of absence

請假, 准假

absence without leave

擅離職守