absent

1. ADJ If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there. 缺蓆的

He has been absent from his desk for two weeks. 他已經(jīng)兩個星期沒來了。

The pictures, too, were absent from the walls. 那些照片也不在那些牆上了。

2. ADJ If someone appears absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else. 心不在焉的

"Nothing," Rosie said in an absent way. “沒什麼，”羅茜心不在焉地說。

3. absentlyADV 心不在焉地

He nodded absently. 他心不在焉地點了點頭。

4. ADJ An absent parent does not live with his or her children. 不與孩子同住的[ADJ n]

...absent fathers who fail to pay toward the costs of looking after their children. …未能支付撫養(yǎng)費的不與孩子同住的父親們。

5. PREP 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. 倘若沒有…[美國英語] [正式]

Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting. 若沒有個解決方案，像休·戈弗雷這樣的人就會繼續(xù)爭鬭。