Absent

['æbs(ə)nt] or [ˈæbsənt]

解释:

(verb.) go away or leave; 'He absented himself'.

(adj.) lost in thought; showing preoccupation; 'an absent stare'; 'an absentminded professor'; 'the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence' .

(adj.) not being in a specified place .

凯瑟琳整理--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.

(a.) Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.

(a.) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.

(v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.

(v. t.) To withhold from being present.

编辑:厄休拉

同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. Away, gone, not present.[2]. Abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming, musing, lost, napping, absent-minded, in a brown study.

校对:朗达

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Keep_away, depart, withdraw

ANT:Be_present, stay, remain,[See ABSCOND]

SYN:Not_present, gone_away, elsewhere, inattentive, thoughtless, listless,preoccupied

ANT:Present, in_this_place, here, attentive

校对:沃尔多

解释:

adj. being away: not present: inattentive—v.t. (abs-ent′) to keep one's self away.—ns. Abs′ence the state of being away or not present: want: inattention; Absentee′ one who is absent on any occasion: one who makes a habit of living away from his estate or his office; Absentee′ism the practice of absenting one's self from duty or station esp. of a landowner living away from his estate.—adv. Ab′sently.

手打:罗莎琳德