英语词汇“absence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	absence
释义	ab·sence \ˈabsən(t)s\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin absentia, from absent-, absens + -ia 1. : state of being absent or missing from a place or from companionship : failure to be present — opposed to presence 2. : failure to be present (as in an accustomed place) or where one is needed, wanted, or normally expected < frequent absences from a job > < drawings executed with absence of detail > < a noticeable absence of enthusiasm for his task > : nonattendance < absence from school > : nonappearance < called on to speak in his brother's absence > : deficiency < the absence of trained leaders > 3. : inattention to things present < absence of mind > 4. : transient loss or impairment of consciousness beginning and ending abruptly, unremembered afterward, and seen chiefly in mild types of epilepsy 5. : lack of contact between blades in fencing Synonyms: lack, defect, want, privation: absence usually is used to indicate the fact that a thing is not present < absolute liberty is absence of restraint — Henry Adams > < in the absence of a force strong enough to challenge the Federals, the towns submitted quietly — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < the serenity or absence of distorting passion in classic art — M.R.Cohen > < a complete absence of any thinking on fundamental problems of methodology — René Wellek > lack, although often interchangeable with absence, suggests an absence that constitutes a deficiency or falling short < the lack of applause seemed a criticism of her work — Current Biography > < he had become impressed by the lack of adequate textbooks in the schools — H.E.Starr > < production in other industries was similarly slowed by the power shortage and by a lack of raw materials — Collier's Year Book > < the mud and the lack of bridges made travel almost impossible — American Guide Series: Minnesota > defect implies the absence or the lack of something necessary to completeness or perfection < each little fault of temper and each social defect — W.S.Gilbert > < defects of understanding based on ignorance and unfamiliarity — J.R.Oppenheimer > < those countries which are invaded suffer from the defects of the invader's civilization — Stephen Spender > want implies the absence of something essential, usually indispensable, often, however, indicating something only considered essential and, therefore, coming close to signifying something merely desired < a certain want of confidence in his superiors > < the country was going to the dogs because of the want of education — F.M.Ford > < war production occasionally suffered from want of hands to tend the machines or harvest the crops — Oscar Handlin > privation in the sense pertinent here (as opposed to the sense of deprivation or destitution) has a use mainly confined to the fine philosophical definition of a negative state or quality in terms of its opposite < cold is the privation of heat > < vice may be called the privation of virtue >
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