absent

🇬🇧 UK/'æbsәnt/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Not present in a place; not existing; inattentive or preoccupied

缺席的,不在的;缺乏的;心不在焉的

v.

To keep oneself away from a place or event

使缺席,离开

prep.

In the absence of; without

在缺少……的情况下;没有

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
absaway from, off
+
entperforming, being in a state
=absent

Common Collocations

  • 1.absent from缺席

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Several students were absent today.

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