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词根:absent
adj.absent 缺席的;缺少的;心不在焉的;茫然的
n.absence 没有;缺乏;缺席;不注意
absentmindedness 恍惚;心不在焉
vt.absent 使缺席
adjective
not present at a usual or expected place : missing sharing memories of absent friends She was conspicuously absent [=her absence was very noticeable] at the meeting.
was absent from class today
not existing : lacking a gene that occurs in mammals but is absent in birds
… danger in a situation where power is absent …—M. H. Trytten
showing a lack of attention to what is happening or being said : not attentive an absent reply
had an absent look on her face
verb
transitive verb
to keep (oneself) away
He absented himself from the meeting.
preposition
in the absence of (something) : without
Absent any objections, the plan will proceed.
Adjective Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin absent-, absens, present participle of abesse "to be away, be absent," from ab- ab- + -sens, present participle (attested only with prefixes) of esse "to be" — more at is >entry 1 Verb Middle English absenten, borrowed from Anglo-French absenter, borrowed from Late Latin absentāre, verbal derivative of Latin absent-, absens absent >entry 1 Preposition derivative of absent >entry 1
The first known use of absent was in the 14th century
absoluteadjective
free from imperfection : perfect
free or nearly free from mixture : pure
absolute alcohol
free from restraint or limitation an absolute monarch
absolute power
having no exceptions absolute freedom
an absolute requirement
free from doubt : certain
absolute proof
independent of standards of measurement that reflect individual choice : actual absolute motion
absolute brightness of a star
relating to or coming from the basic units of length, mass, and time
absolute electric units
relating to the absolute-temperature scale
10° absolute
absentmindedadjective
lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions
absentmindedadjective
lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions
absent1 of 2adjective
not present or attending : missing
not existing
enthusiasm was absent
lost in thought : preoccupied
absent2 of 2verb
to keep (oneself) away
1 One day I noticed there was no more skin to absently peel, just air where there’d been artifice.
2 “If you insist,” Toby said, and Lily nodded absently, her eyes closed.
3 Luke nodded absently at the joke, refusing to stop his futile search of the parking lot.
4 His bleeding fingers pick absently at the tiles.
5 “Hi, boys,” he said absently, and then saw it was me.
6 She was absently braiding her hair into complicated knots, then unbraiding it again.
7 Marco nods absently, not meeting her eyes, and quickly retreats to his corner.
8 Voldemort stroked the creature absently with long thin fingers, still looking at Lucius Malfoy.
伏地魔用他细长的手指心不在焉地敲击着它,目光仍旧盯着卢修斯·马尔福。
9 I nodded absently and continued to wander around, looking things over.
10 ANN: (disinterested; absently playing with a napkin) Thank you.
安妮:(心不在焉地玩着餐巾)谢谢。
11 Julia continued to look absently at the sea.
朱莉娅一直心不在焉地看着大海。
12 She was absently, thoughtfully on a nearer view I could have certified she had been crying.
她沉思地凝望着: 走近一看,我敢保证她是在哭.
13 He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.
在军事法庭上他对自己擅离职守表示服罪。
14 I noticed my bleeding finger and absently put it in my mouth.
15 His fingers had strayed absently to his cheek, following the wiry scar that drew a path from his jawline to his crumpled nostril.
16 Some absently pull out a few hairs, while others go at it meticulously with tweezers.
有些人会心不在焉地拔下一些毛发,别的人则会一丝不苟地用镊子来梳理自己。 他们这样做可能是为了缓解压力也可能只是一种下意识行为。
17 Absent such an agreement we can go no further.
18 an absent father who is not home most of the time
19 “I think we're fine,” Mama says absently, and takes a sip of her chai.
20 Elodin nodded absently and gave a wave that was half farewell, half dismissal.
3 恍惚地
4 茫然
blank abstract damp vague vacant bemused perplexed vacuous abstracted bemazed perplex perplexity maze daze bemuse in the clouds in a zone lost absent dazed absent-minded absentminded vacantly muddily stupor vacuity muddiness absent-mindedness stupefaction stagger petrify all at sea
5 心不在焉
absent vacant faraway absent-minded vaguely distractedly vacantly absent-mindedly vacancy absent-mindedness wool-gathering otherworldly preoccupied bemused abstracted absentminded distrait absence abstraction detachment stargazing muse in an absent sort of way have head in the clouds absence of mind dope off distant vague dreamy have your head in the clouds the lights are on but nobody's home out to lunch scatty distantly mile abstract far-off unthinking heedless color-blind woolgathering distraite wander dally miles away
7 走神