absence
英 [ˈæbsəns]
美 [ˈæbsəns]
n. 缺席; 不在; 不存在; 缺乏
复数：absences
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1585 / COCA.2524
同义词辨析
shortageabsencelackwant【导航词义：短缺】
shortagen. 缺少，短缺
〔辨析〕
指供小于求，即达不到需要或规定的数量。
〔例证〕
There is no shortage of funds.
资金并不缺乏。
The bad harvest led to severe food shortages.
歉收造成食物严重短缺。
The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
战争因军火不足而失败。
资金并不缺乏。
The bad harvest led to severe food shortages.
歉收造成食物严重短缺。
The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.
战争因军火不足而失败。
absencen. 缺乏；缺席
〔辨析〕
指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，也指某人未在现场。
〔例证〕
in the absence of evidence
缺乏证据
She noticed the absence of illustrations in the dictionary.
她发现那本词典里没有插图。
Please take care of my mother during my absence.
我不在时，拜托你照看我的母亲。
缺乏证据
She noticed the absence of illustrations in the dictionary.
她发现那本词典里没有插图。
Please take care of my mother during my absence.
我不在时，拜托你照看我的母亲。
lackn. 缺乏，不足
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指完全没有或不够充足，通常用于抽象事物。
〔例证〕
Hard work can often make up for a lack of ability.
努力工作常可弥补能力的不足。
His lack of money kept him from going to the concert.
他因缺钱不能去听音乐会。
Lack of time prevented me from writing to my parents.
由于没有时间，我没能给父母写信。
努力工作常可弥补能力的不足。
His lack of money kept him from going to the concert.
他因缺钱不能去听音乐会。
Lack of time prevented me from writing to my parents.
由于没有时间，我没能给父母写信。
wantn. 缺乏，匮乏
〔辨析〕
指完全没有或短缺某物，强调所缺之物是必需的东西，使用范围比lack 要窄一些；也指因没有食物、钱等造成的贫困。
〔例证〕
My son's always in want of money.
我儿子总是缺钱。
The kids are unhappy for want of love.
这些孩子因为缺乏爱而不幸福。
Many families are suffering from want.
许多家庭正遭受着贫困。
我儿子总是缺钱。
The kids are unhappy for want of love.
这些孩子因为缺乏爱而不幸福。
Many families are suffering from want.
许多家庭正遭受着贫困。
习惯用语
n.
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
- 不相见，倍思念
used to say that when you are away from sb that you love, you love them even more conspicuous by your absence - （本应在场）因缺席而招人注意
not present in a situation or place, when it is obvious that you should be there - When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.
后来到做扫除时，本应在场的安妮却因为不在而引起了注意。
牛津词典
noun
- 缺席；不在
the fact of sb being away from a place where they are usually expected to be; the occasion or period of time when sb is away- absence from work
缺勤 - repeated absences from school
一再缺课 - The decision was made in my absence (= while I was not there) .
这个决定是我不在的时候作出的。 - We did not receive any news during his long absence.
我们在他长期离开的时候没有得到一点消息。
- absence from work
- 不存在；缺乏
the fact of sb/sth not existing or not being available; a lack of sth- The case was dismissed in the absence of any definite proof.
此案因缺乏确凿证据而不予受理。 - the absence of any women on the board of directors
董事会成员中没有女性的现象
- The case was dismissed in the absence of any definite proof.
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 不在；缺席
Someone'sabsencefrom a place is the fact that they are not there.- ...a bundle of letters which had arrived for me in my absence...
我不在期间寄给我的一大堆信件 - Eleanor would later blame her mother-in-law for her husband's frequent absences.
埃莉诺过后会因丈夫经常不在家而责怪婆婆。
- ...a bundle of letters which had arrived for me in my absence...
- N-SING 缺乏；不存在
Theabsenceof something from a place is the fact that it is not there or does not exist.- The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer...
有无云层对热量的传递会产生重要的影响。 - In the absence of a will the courts decide who the guardian is.
在没有遗嘱的情况下，由法庭指定监护人。
- The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer...
- See also:leave of absence
英英释义
noun
- failure to be present
- the state of being absent
- he was surprised by the absence of any explanation
- the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.
- the time interval during which something or somebody is away
- he visited during my absence
双语例句
- I suspect he isn't altogether unhappy about my absence
我猜想他对我的缺席并没有感到很不高兴。 - A complete absence of national border controls is as utopian today as the vision of world government.
在今天，完全取消国家边界控制的观点与建立一个世界政府的想法一样不切实际。 - The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind
利兹因为圣诞节时孩子们不在而一直心神不宁。 - The progress of negotiation between the two sides has slowed down owing to their absence.
双方的谈判因为他们的缺席而迟缓下来。 - In the absence of such evidence, there is no a priori hypothesis to work with.
没有此类证据，就没有可以推理的前提。 - David is now living in Beirut again after an enforced absence.
戴维在被迫离开后，现在又回到了贝鲁特生活。 - The competition has been thrown wide open by the absence of the world champion.
由于世界冠军缺阵，这场比赛变得胜负难定。 - The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer
有无云层对热量的传递会产生重要的影响。 - The team was crippled by his absence.
他的缺席使这支球队的实力削弱。 - 'Was it strange for you, going back after such a long absence?' — 'Yes and no.'
“那么长时间不在，然后又回来，你会觉得陌生吗？”——“既陌生又不陌生。”