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absence

absence ความหมายคือ ab·sence /ˈæbsəns/ n. 1. 缺席，不在 absence from work (school) 缺勤(课)ask for leave of absence 请假speak ill of sb. in his absence 某人不在场时说他坏话 2. 缺席的时间，外出期 after an absence of six months (或 a six months absence) 在离开6个月之后return from a day's absence 离开1天后回来during sb.'s absence for business in Shanghai 在某人暂去上海出差期间He was on one of his long absences from New York. 他曾多次长时间离开纽约，当时也正作这样的外出旅行。 3. 缺乏，不存在(of) the absence of evidence 缺乏证据In the absence of anybody more experienced, I took command. 由于找不到其他更有经验的人，只好由我来指挥。She seemed pale from the absence of all cosmetics. 因为没敷一点脂粉，她看上去面色苍白。 4. 心不在焉 [OFr < L absentia < absēns a being away] phr. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 〈谚〉久别情更浓。 absence of mind 心不在焉 absence without leave (尤指军队中的)擅离职守行为