absent

1. ADJ If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there. 缺席的

He has been absent from his desk for two weeks. 他已经两个星期没来了。

The pictures, too, were absent from the walls. 那些照片也不在那些墙上了。

2. ADJ If someone appears absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else. 心不在焉的

"Nothing," Rosie said in an absent way. “没什么，”罗茜心不在焉地说。

3. absentlyADV 心不在焉地

He nodded absently. 他心不在焉地点了点头。

4. ADJ An absent parent does not live with his or her children. 不与孩子同住的[ADJ n]

...absent fathers who fail to pay toward the costs of looking after their children. …未能支付抚养费的不与孩子同住的父亲们。

5. PREP 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. 倘若没有…[美国英语] [正式]

Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting. 若没有个解决方案，像休·戈弗雷这样的人就会继续争斗。