- absent (from…)
not in a place because of illness, etc. 缺席；不在 He was absent from work for two weeks. 他两个星期没有上班了。 Local people were conspicuously absent from the meeting. 当地人都没有到会，这引起了人们的关注。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- from
- absent without leave
- absent (from something)
not present in something 不存在；缺少 Extra ExamplesHe now played with a passion that had been strangely absent from his previous performance. 他现在满怀激情地演出，奇怪的是，以前演出时未见他有此激情。 He played with an abandon that was strangely absent from his performance last week. 他全身心地演出，奇怪的是，上星期演出时未见他如此投入。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- from
- absent without leave
showing that you are not really looking at or thinking about what is happening around you 心不在焉的；出神的 an absent expression 心不在焉的神情
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin absens, absent- ‘being absent’, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.