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TOEFL BNC: 1585 COCA: 2524
absencenounuk/ˈæb.səns/ us/ˈæb.səns/

absence noun NOT BEING PRESENT

B2 [ U or C ] the fact of not being where you are usually expected to be缺席；缺勤；不在场

A new manager was appointed during/in her absence.她不在的时候任命了一位新经理。
She has had repeated absences from work this year.今年她屡次旷工。

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The smell of cigarette smoke confirmed what he had suspected: there had been a party in his absence.

I'm deputizing for the director during his absence.

Unbeknown to me, he'd gone and rented out the apartment in my absence.

Can you account for your absence last Friday?

A new manager was appointed during/in her absence.

absence noun NOT EXISTING

B2 [ U ] the fact of not existing不存在；缺乏

He drew attention to the absence of concrete evidence against the defendant.他使大家注意到，可以证明被告有罪的确凿证据并不存在。
In the absence of (= because there were not) more suitable candidates, we decided to offer the job to Mr Conway.由于没有更为合适的人选，我们决定任命康韦先生。

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In the absence of anything better the settee would serve as a bed for a couple of nights.

In our search for evidence, we were stymied by the absence of any recent documents.

They complained about the absence of vegetarian food on the menu.

In the absence of a strong government, the country soon fell into chaos.

In the absence of a television, the children were forced to find other things to keep them amused.

Idiom(s)

absence makes the heart grow fonder
TOEFL BNC: 1585 COCA: 2524
absence

noun¹

 1fact of not being present缺席；不在場ADJECTIVE | ... OF ABSENCE | VERB + ABSENCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤extended, lengthy, long, prolonged長期缺席；長時間不在（某處）▸➤brief, temporary短時間／暫時缺席▸➤frequent經常缺席▸➤excused (NAmE) 因故缺席▸➤unauthorized, unexplained未經許可的缺席；原因不明的缺席... OF ABSENCE➤period缺席期間◇You will not be paid for the full period of absence.整個缺勤期間你不會有報酬。VERB + ABSENCE➤have缺席◇Your son has had too many absences from school.你兒子不上學的次數太多了。➤notice注意到不在場◇Nobody had noticed her absence.沒有人注意到她不在場。➤explain解釋缺席的理由PREPOSITION➤during sb's absence, in sb's absence (= while sb is not there) 某人不在時◇My father did all the cooking in my mother's absence.媽媽不在家時都是爸爸做飯。➤absence from缺席⋯◇absence from work缺勤PHRASES➤conspicuous by your absence, notable by your absence (especially BrE) （本該到場）因未到場而引起注意◇When it came to clearing up after the party, Anne was conspicuous by her absence (= very obviously absent when she should have been present).聚會結束開始清理時，安妮不在，大家都察覺到了。➤leave of absence (= permission to be absent) 准假◇He asked for leave of absence from his job.他向單位請了假。
absence

noun²

 2lack缺乏；不存在ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤complete, total完全沒有▸➤virtual實質性的缺乏▸➤conspicuous, notable明顯的缺乏◇a conspicuous absence of evidence證據的明顯缺乏PREPOSITION➤in the absence of在缺乏⋯的情況下◇In the absence of stone, most houses in the area are built of wood.由於石料匱乏，這一地區的房子大多數都是用木頭建造的。
TOEFL BNC: 1585 COCA: 2524
absence noun
⇨ lack
TOEFL BNC: 1585 COCA: 2524
absence
Absence and lack: absence, lack, loss...
Attendance and non-attendance at school or university: absence, absenteeism, attend...
Non-existence: nothingness, absence, extinction...

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