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单词 absence
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There is also the complete absence of inheritance tax on agricultural land and on certain business assets.His continuing absence goes a long way towards answering the first question.One of the most striking findings is the complete absence of any buyers' remorse.The very absence of evidence is proof, in the minds of many, that it must exist.There is just an absence of information.The first was the total absence of spin.Yet there is a complete absence of political will to solve it.Then consider how long the absence is likely to last.Of course the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.They also blame the absence of role models for disadvantaged groups.The curious thing is the absence itself. Time and absence had done its work on both the young people.Their absence from their home town has not gone unnoticed.She concedes that the absence of hard information limited the scope of her study.The almost total absence of beauty calls into serious question the seriousness of the award itself.What links these stories is a complete absence of common sense.Guilt is also influenced by the presence or absence of other people.It was in this long absence that he wrote her some of his most tender love letters.In the absence of hard fact, rumours began to scuttle around.There's an absence of direct evidence.In the absence of facts, families have been left struggling with the burden of grief.They were so upset by her absence that her husband had to tell them she had gone off to Europe to study.Mrs. Gibson wrote twice during her week's absence to her husband.It was his 36th goal for his country as he completed his first 90 minutes of the year following a lengthy injury absence.

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absence

British English: absence /ˈæbsəns/ NOUN
The absence of someone or something is the fact that they are not there.
The letters had arrived in my absence.
  • American English: absence
  • Arabic: غِيَاب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ausência
  • Chinese: 缺席
  • Croatian: odsutnost
  • Czech: nepřítomnost
  • Danish: fravær
  • Dutch: afwezigheid
  • European Spanish: ausencia
  • Finnish: poissaolo
  • French: absence
  • German: Abwesenheit
  • Greek: απουσία
  • Italian: assenza
  • Japanese: 不在
  • Korean: 부재
  • Norwegian: fravær
  • Polish: nieobecność
  • European Portuguese: ausência
  • Romanian: absență
  • Russian: отсутствие
  • Latin American Spanish: ausencia
  • Swedish: frånvaro
  • Thai: การขาด ช่วงเวลาที่ไม่อยู่
  • Turkish: yokluk devam
  • Ukrainian: відсутність
  • Vietnamese: sự vắng mặt

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Chinese translation of 'absence'

absence

(ˈæbsəns)

n

  1. (c/u) [of person] 缺席 (quēxí) (, )
  2. (s) [of thing] 缺乏 (quēfá)
    in sb's absence 在某人不在场(場)时(時) (zài mǒurén bù zàichǎng shí)
    in the absence of sth 在缺乏某物的情况(況)下 (zài quēfá mǒuwù de qíngkuàng xià)
(noun) 
Definition
the time during which a person or thing is away
I see you've been busy in my absence.
Synonyms
time off
leave
Why don't you take a few days' leave?
break
They are currently taking a short break in Spain.
vacation
During the vacation I visited Costa Rica.
recess
Parliament returns to work today after its summer recess.
truancy
Schools need to reduce levels of truancy.
absenteeism
nonappearance
nonattendance
(noun) 
Definition
the fact of being without something
In the absence of a will, the courts decide who the guardian is.
Synonyms
lack
Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.
defect
The report pointed out the defects in the present system.
deficiency
They did tests for signs of vitamin deficiency.
default
The other team failed to turn up so we won by default.
deprivation
Unemployment can sometimes cause social deprivation.
omission
scarcity
an ever-increasing scarcity of water
want
The men were daily becoming weaker for want of rest.
need
shortage
There's no shortage of ideas.
dearth
a dearth of resources
privation (formal)
They endured years of privation during the war.
unavailability
nonexistence

Quotations

Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!
[Thomas Haynes Bayly – Isle of Beauty]
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great [Comte de Bussy-Rabutin – Histoire amoureuse des Gaules]That out of sight is out of mind
Is true of most we leave behind
[Arthur Hugh Clough – That Out of Sight]
Among the defects of the Bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence [Lord John Russell – Speech to his constituents, 1859]

Additional synonyms

in the sense of break
Definition
a (short) holiday
They are currently taking a short break in Spain.
Synonyms
holiday,
leave,
vacation,
time off,
recess,
awayday,
schoolie (Australian),
accumulated day off or ADO (Australian)
in the sense of dearth
Definition
an inadequate amount
a dearth of resources
Synonyms
lack,
want,
need,
absence,
poverty,
shortage,
deficiency,
famine,
inadequacy,
scarcity,
paucity (formal),
insufficiency,
sparsity,
scantiness,
exiguousness
in the sense of default
Definition
a failure to do something, esp. to meet a financial obligation or to appear in court
The other team failed to turn up so we won by default.
Synonyms
failure,
want,
lack,
fault,
absence,
neglect,
defect,
deficiency,
lapse,
omission,
dereliction

Synonyms of 'absence'

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