absence

      音标：['æbsәns]
      n. 缺席, 缺乏, 没有
      【医】 失神
      【经】 缺勤, 缺席, 缺乏
      相关词组:
      leave of absence
      absence of mind
      in the absence of...
      by the absence of
      absence from classes
      英汉词典
absence的短语、例句：
      bsence n 1 ~ (from...) (a) [U] being away 缺席; 离开; 不在某处
      His repeated absence (from school) is worrying. 他一再缺课使人担忧.
      It happened during/in your absence. 那是当你不在的时候发生的.
      In the absence of the manager (ie While he is away) I shall be in charge. 经理不在的时候, 由我负责.
      during his absence in America, ie while he was there 当他不在此地而在美国的期间. (b) [C] occasion or time of being away 不在某处的次数或时间
      numerous absences from school 无数次的缺课
      throughout his long absence 在他长期不在（某处）的期间
      after an absence of three months 在离开三个月之後. Cf 参看 presence. 2 [U] lack; non-existence 缺乏; 不存在
      the absence of definite proof 缺乏确凿的证据. 3 (idm 习语) ,absence of `mind failure to think about what one is doing; absent-mindedness 心不在焉; 神不守舍. conspicuous by one´s absence => conspicuous. leave of absence => leave2.