absenting

1. 缺席的,不在的 not present; not in a place because of illness, etc.
2. 没有的，缺乏的 not existing; lacking; not present in sth
3. 心不在焉的; 走神的 showing that you are not really looking at or thinking about what is happening around you

1. vt. 缺席,不参加,不在 not go to or be in a place where you are expected to be

• absent expression茫然的表情
• absent friends不在场的朋友
• absent look神不守舍的样子
• absent stare茫然的呆视
• absent way茫然

• absent at roll call点名时不在
• absent for an indefinite period无限期缺席
• absent from someplace不在某地
• absent from a meeting未出席会议
• absent from home不在家
• absent from one's native place背井离乡
• absent from school缺课
• absent from work缺勤
• absent in one's mind心不在焉
• absent in someplace在某地,而不在说话人所在地
• absent on a tour外出旅行
• absent without leave擅自缺席,擅离职守
• absent without reason无故缺席

absent from缺席

absent minded健忘的

absent from work旷工；缺勤

1. Professor Li is absent, I will take the lesson in the place of him.
   李教授不在，我替他上课。
2. Many students were absent, notably the monitor.
   许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
3. You should not be absent from class.
   你不应当旷课。
4. Before such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom.
   在做这些实验前,人们认为动物王国缺乏语言技能。

1. Why did you absent yourself from school yesterday?
   昨天你为何不到校?