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total and complete 完全的；全部的；绝对的 I've joined a class for absolute beginners. 我参加了一个绝对初学者的班。 absolute confidence/trust/silence/truth 充满信心；绝对信任；万籁俱寂；绝对真实 ‘You're wrong,’ she said with absolute certainty. “你错了。” 她斩钉截铁地说。 Clean water is an absolute necessity. 清洁的水是不可或缺的东西。 Around them the darkness was absolute, the silence oppressive. 他们周遭一片漆黑，寂静得令人压抑。
Extra ExamplesHe demands absolute obedience from his men. 他要求下属绝对服从。 They drove back to the house in absolute silence. 他们在绝对的沉默中开车回到了房子。
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used, especially in spoken English, to give emphasis to what you are saying （口语中尤用以强调）道地的，确实的，十足的 We must keep costs to an absolute minimum. 我们必须把成本控制在绝对最低限度。 This room is an absolute disgrace. 这个房间真丢人！ They're talking absolute nonsense. 他们在胡说八道。 He must earn an absolute fortune. 他准是赚了一大笔钱。
Extra Examples definite and without any doubt 肯定的；无疑的；明确的 (of a legal decision) final （法律判决）最终的 not limited in any way 不受限制的；不受约束的 absolute power/authority 无上权力；绝对权威 an absolute ruler/monarchy (= one with no limit to their power) 独裁统治者；专制君主
existing or measured independently and not in relation to something else 独立的；绝对的 Although prices are falling in absolute terms, energy is still expensive. 尽管能源的绝对售价在下降，但仍然昂贵。 Beauty cannot be measured by any absolute standard. 美是不可能用任何绝对标准来衡量的。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere ‘set free, acquit’, from ab- ‘from’ + solvere ‘loosen’.