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absence
英 ['æbs(ə)ns]美 ['æbsns]
n. 沒有；缺乏；缺席；不注意
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中文詞源
absence 缺席
前綴ab-,離開。-sence爲essence縮寫，指存在，詞根esse的名稱形式, 詞源同is ,am .
英語詞源
absence (n.)
late 14c., from Old French absence
(14c.), from Latin absentia, noun of state from absentem (nominative absens), present participle of abesse "be away from, be absent," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + esse "to be" (see essence).Absence makes the heart grow fonder
[Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839) "Isle of Beauty"]
權威例句
1. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence.
關於他缺席的原因有很多傳言。
2. I suspect he isn't altogether unhappy about my absence.
我猜想他對我的缺席並沒有感到很不高興。
3. The official reason given for the President's absence was sickness.
對外公佈的總統未到場原因是身體有恙。
4. A military court sentenced him to death in his absence.
一所軍事法庭在他缺席的情況下判處他死刑。
5. In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day.
我們不在的時候，辦公室裏大概謠言四起了吧。
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