一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

缺席;離開;不在某處


例句:

The ostensible reason for his absence was illness, but everyone knew he'd gone to a football match.

他稱病缺席,但誰都知道他去看足球賽了。


例句:

Tim's absence filled her with foreboding.

蒂姆的缺席令她產(chǎn)生了不祥的預(yù)感。


缺席時(shí)間;外出期


例句:

There was somebody able to cover for them in their absence.

在他們?nèi)毕陂g,有人能代替他們。


例句:

Her absence is due to illness.

她因病缺席。


缺乏;不存在


例句:

They made the decision in the absence of enough information.

在缺乏足夠信息的情況下,他們做了那個(gè)決定。


例句:

This company faces the problem of an absence of leadership.

這家公司面臨缺乏領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的問題。


例句:

I have the magazine!

我有這本雜志!


二、詞義辨析:


lack,want,absence,shortage,scarcity

這些名詞均含“缺乏,不足”之意。 lack普通用詞,指部分或完全的不足。 want指完全或短缺某物,側(cè)重缺少之物是必需的東西。使用范圍比lack窄些。 absence指某物根本不存在或完全短缺,或某人雖存在,但未到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)。 shortage指不足,但側(cè)重達(dá)不到規(guī)定的,需要的或已知應(yīng)有的數(shù)量。 scarcity指產(chǎn)量不足或缺乏某物難以應(yīng)付或滿足需要。


三、相關(guān)短語:


absence without leave

擅離職守,開小差


leave of absence

假期,休假


四、參考例句:


His absence implicates disagreement.

他的缺席意味著他不同意。


My absence had gone unnoticed.

我的缺席未能引起人家注意。


He is absence of emotions like remorse.

他缺乏同情等情感。


Her absence is due to illness.

她因病缺席。


Tim's absence filled her with foreboding.

蒂姆的缺席令她產(chǎn)生了不祥的預(yù)感。


Freedom is the absence of conditioning.

自由是條件限制的消失。


We are in the absence of experience.

我們?nèi)狈?jīng)驗(yàn)。


Absence makes the heart grow?fonder.

小別勝新婚。


Its presence or absence means nothing.

它存不存在并不能說明問題。


Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it.

相聚愛益切,離別情更深。