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单词 leave of absence
释义

leave of absence

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noun

permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.
the length of time granted in such permission:a two-year leave of absence.

Origin of leave of absence

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby leave of absence

leave in the lurch, leaven, leavening, leave no stone unturned, Leavenworth, leave of absence, leave off, leave one cold, leave open, leave out, leave out in the cold
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Example sentences from the Web for leave of absence

  • But it was entirely regular; we had leave-of-absence from college, and Mrs. McBride chaperoned us.

    Daddy Long-Legs|Jean Webster
  • This homely and wholesome couple one may meet any afternoon in Paris, on leave-of-absence days.

    A Love Episode|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for leave of absence

leave of absence

noun

permission to be absent from work or duty
the period of absence
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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