1. | ~ (from …) 缺席;不在not in a place because of illness, etc. |
to be absent from work 缺勤 |
2. | ~ (from sth) 不存在;缺少not present in sth |
Love was totally absent from his childhood. 他童年时根本没有受到疼爱。 |
3. | 心不在焉的;出神的showing that you are not really looking at or thinking about what is happening around you |
an absent expression 心不在焉的神情 |