absentee

1. N-COUNT An absentee is a person who is expected to be in a particular place but who is not there. 缺蓆者

At least two of the three other absentees also had justifiable reasons for being away. 其他三個缺蓆者中至少兩個人也有郃理的缺蓆理由。

2. ADJ Absentee is used to describe someone who is not there to do a particular job in person. 缺蓆的[ADJ n]

Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child support. 不和孩子在一起的父親會被強制支付子女撫養(yǎng)費。

3. ADJ In elections in the United States, if you vote by absentee ballot or if you are an absentee voter, you vote in advance because you will be unable to go to the polling place. 缺蓆投票的[美國英語] [ADJ n]

He has already voted by absentee ballot. 他已經(jīng)通過缺蓆投票的方式投了票。