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TOEFL BNC: 1585 COCA: 2524

absence

Word family 
ab·sence /ˈæbsəns/ ●●● S3 W2 noun  
1  [countableC, uncountableU]HERETHERE when you are not in the place where people expect you to be, or the time that you are away 不在，缺席
in/during somebody’s absence
 Ms Leighton will be in charge during my absence (=while I am away).
我不在时，由莱顿女士负责。
absence from
 Her work involved repeated absences from home.
她的工作使她经常不在家。
2  [singular]NOT HAVE the lack of something or the fact that it does not exist 缺乏；没有 OPP presence
absence of
 a complete absence of any kind of planning
毫无计划
 In the absence of any evidence, the police had to let Myers go.
警察没有证据，只好把迈尔斯放了。
3. absence makes the heart grow fonder LIKE somebody OR somethingused to say that being away from someone makes you like them more 人不见，心更念；久别情更深
→ leave of absence at leave2(3), → conspicuous by your absence at conspicuous(3)
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a long absence
She was apprehensive about studying again after such a long absence.
a prolonged absence (=continuing for a long time)
Requests for prolonged absence during term time are strongly discouraged.
a lengthy absence
The injury may mean a lengthy absence from the team.
a brief absence
Everything seemed to have changed during his brief absence.
frequent absences (=happening often)
She disliked Stephen's frequent absences on business.
repeated absences (=happening again and again)
Repeated absences from school can lead to children falling behind.
a temporary absence
No one noticed her temporary absence.
a sudden absence
It wasn't easy to deal with Hugh's sudden absence.
an unexplained absence
Did he give a reason for his unexplained absence?
unauthorized absence (=that you do not have permission for)
With the older pupils, unauthorized absence increased.
phrases
somebody's absence from work/school
You will be entitled to sick pay in respect of any absence from work through sickness.
a period of absence
You must submit a doctor's statement to cover the period of absence beyond the seventh day.
Examples from the Corpus
absence• The Russian flag was waving again after an absence of 74 years.• There were 103 cases of caretaker absence or incapacity, she said.• The superstitious 35-year-old singer and impressionist was remanded on bail in his absence charged with affray.• Malone's absences have made it difficult on the rest of the team.• Poverty and the absence of hope are real causes for anti-social behaviour.• The model developed in the paper also pinpoints the conditions required for union existence in the absence of coercion.• In the absence of pressing problems he improvises his activities, working the case he wants to work.• The absence of mathematics eliminates any advance treatment, but it could serve as an introduction text and as a source document.• Still, the hows and whys of their absences are less important than the absences themselves.
absence of• There was a notable absence of confidence among the boys.
From Longman Business Dictionary
absenceab·sence /ˈæbsəns/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]HUMAN RESOURCES
when a person is not at work, for example because they are ill
Evelyn took charge in his absence.
The work of the department suffered because of her frequent absences.
→ leave of absence
ab·sence noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL BNC: 1585 COCA: 2524
absence

noun¹

 1fact of not being present缺席；不在場ADJECTIVE | ... OF ABSENCE | VERB + ABSENCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤extended, lengthy, long, prolonged長期缺席；長時間不在（某處）▸➤brief, temporary短時間／暫時缺席▸➤frequent經常缺席▸➤excused (NAmE) 因故缺席▸➤unauthorized, unexplained未經許可的缺席；原因不明的缺席... OF ABSENCE➤period缺席期間◇You will not be paid for the full period of absence.整個缺勤期間你不會有報酬。VERB + ABSENCE➤have缺席◇Your son has had too many absences from school.你兒子不上學的次數太多了。➤notice注意到不在場◇Nobody had noticed her absence.沒有人注意到她不在場。➤explain解釋缺席的理由PREPOSITION➤during sb's absence, in sb's absence (= while sb is not there) 某人不在時◇My father did all the cooking in my mother's absence.媽媽不在家時都是爸爸做飯。➤absence from缺席⋯◇absence from work缺勤PHRASES➤conspicuous by your absence, notable by your absence (especially BrE) （本該到場）因未到場而引起注意◇When it came to clearing up after the party, Anne was conspicuous by her absence (= very obviously absent when she should have been present).聚會結束開始清理時，安妮不在，大家都察覺到了。➤leave of absence (= permission to be absent) 准假◇He asked for leave of absence from his job.他向單位請了假。
absence

noun²

 2lack缺乏；不存在ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤complete, total完全沒有▸➤virtual實質性的缺乏▸➤conspicuous, notable明顯的缺乏◇a conspicuous absence of evidence證據的明顯缺乏PREPOSITION➤in the absence of在缺乏⋯的情況下◇In the absence of stone, most houses in the area are built of wood.由於石料匱乏，這一地區的房子大多數都是用木頭建造的。
TOEFL BNC: 1585 COCA: 2524
absence noun
⇨ lack
TOEFL BNC: 1585 COCA: 2524
absence
Absence and lack: absence, lack, loss...
Attendance and non-attendance at school or university: absence, absenteeism, attend...
Non-existence: nothingness, absence, extinction...

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