absent

英['?bs(?)nt] 美[??bs?nt]

反義詞present

第三人稱單數:?absents;過去式:?absented;過去分詞:?absented;現在分詞:?absenting;

absent 缺席的

來自拉丁語absentem,缺席的，現在分詞格于abesse,缺席，離開，來自ab-,離開，esse,在，存在，詞源同is,essence,present.

absent: absent: [14] Absent is based ultimately on the Latin verb ‘to be’, esse. To this was added the prefix ab- ‘away’, giving Latin abesse ‘be away’; and the present participial stem of abesse was absent-. Hence, via Old French, the adjective absent and the noun absence. It has been conjectured, incidentally, that the present stem used for Latin esse was a descendant of Indo-European *sontos ‘truth’, from which English sooth comes.
absent (adj.): late 14c., from Middle French absent (Old French ausent), from Latin absentem (nominative absens), present participle of abesse "be away from, be absent" (see absence). Related: Absently; absentness.
absent (v.): "to keep away" (from), c. 1400, from Middle French absenter, from Late Latin absentare "cause to be away," from Latin absentem (see absent (adj.)). Related: Absented; absenting.
absent (prep.): "in the absence of," 1944, principally from U.S. legal use, from absent (v.).

1. Carol was absent-minded and a little slow on the uptake.: 卡蘿爾心不在焉，反應有點遲鈍。

2. You will have to put up with Grace's absent-mindedness.: 你須得忍受格蕾絲心不在焉的作風。

3. I often do absent-minded things, particularly when I'm worried.: 我常做些心不在焉的事，尤其是在我焦慮不安時。

5. Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.: 假如得不到解決，像休·戈弗雷這樣的人就會一直堅持斗爭下去。