| 单词 | absentee |
| 释义 | absentee (once / 3432 pages) n An absentee is someone who doesn't show up when she's supposed to. A high school student who's an absentee too often may end up failing some classes. If the star player of your basketball team doesn't show up for the big game, she's an absentee. Likewise, if you skip work to go to the beach on a beautiful day, your boss will consider you an absentee. If you fill out an absentee ballot before an election, you're using a special form for voters who won't be physically present at the polls. The Latin root is absentem, "be away from." WORD FAMILYabsentee: absenteeism, absentees+/absence: absences/absent: absence, absented, absentee, absenting, absently, absents USAGE EXAMPLESThousands of absentee and provisional ballots remained to be counted. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) The charges: mail fraud, voting more than once, and changing absentee ballots. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) The 1985 prosecution involved three black civil rights activists accused of tampering with large numbers of absentee ballots in Perry County, Alabama. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) n one that is absent or not in residence Hypo|Hyper AWOL one who is away or absent without leave defaultersomeone who fails to make a required appearance in court exile, expat, expatriatea person who is voluntarily absent from home or country hooky player, truantone who is absent from school without permission refugeean exile who flees for safety remittance manan exile living on money sent from home traveler, traveller a person who changes location |
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