The adjective and preposition are pronounced /'æbsənt/. The verb is pronounced /æb'sent/. 形容词和介词读作 /'æbsənt/。动词读作 /æb'sent/。
										- ADJ 不在的;缺席的
 If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.- He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...
 他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。
- The pictures, too, were absent from the walls...
 那些画也不在墙上了。
- Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly.
 士兵若未报到将被视为擅离职守而受处分。
 
- ADJ-GRADED 出神的;心不在焉的
 If someone appears absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else.- 'Nothing,' Rosie said in an absent way.
 “没什么,”罗茜心不在焉地说。
 
- ADJ (父或母)不与子女一起住的
 An absent parent does not live with his or her children.- ...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children.
 那些不在子女身边、未能支付抚养费的父亲
 
- VERB 使不在,使离开(本应在或通常在的地方)
 If someone absents themselves from a place where they should be or where they usually are, they do not go there or they do not stay there.- She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose...
 她长大了,可以自己做主不来吃午餐了。
- He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.
 在军事法庭上他对自己擅离职守表示服罪。
 
- PREP 若没有;假设没有
 If you say that absent one thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen.- Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.
 假如得不到解决,像休·戈弗雷这样的人就会一直坚持斗争下去。