absence
/ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/ 名词 B1中文： 缺席、不在
- A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship · Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- The period of someone being away. · During Jane's absence, Mark will be taking charge.
- Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
- Lack; deficiency; non-existence. · He had an absence of enthusiasm.
- Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind). · absence of mind
- Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
- Lack of contact between blades.
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MARILLA said nothing to Matthew about the affair that evening; but when Anne proved still refractory the next morning an explanation had to be made to account for her absence from the breakfast table.
so the marked absence of any tribute or recognition from Diana Barry who was sitting with Gertie Pye embittered Anne’s little triumph.
Barry had engaged to stay with the children during her absence, was helpless and bewildered, quite incapable of thinking what to do, or doing it if she thought of it.
I’ll go and see.” During her absence Matthew collected his scattered senses for another effort.
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