an absentee owner 在外业主

My mobile phone's gone AWOL again. 我的手机又丢了。

All those years, vanished beyond recall, seemed utterly wasted. 这些年的光阴已逝，无法挽回，恰似虚度。

They knew their lands would be forfeit if they lost the war. 他们知道如果输掉这场战争国土就会沦丧。

Steve has disappeared off the face of the earth. 史蒂夫消失得无影无踪。

I'll be gone for about half an hour. 我将离开大约半个小时。

I'm afraid I can't come, but I'll be there in spirit.

There is a risk that the costs may be irrecoverable. 有收不回成本的风险。

the lean years of the Depression 经济大萧条时期不景气的年头

The long-awaited decision on funding is due today. 对资金方面期待已久的决定今天该有着落了。

Dad's pretty mad – you'd better make yourself scarce. 爸爸很生气，你最好走开。

The mother is MIA and the grandma came instead.

The sentence contained a misplaced comma. 句子里有一个放错地方的逗号。

Wildlife is virtually non-existent in this area. 野生动物在这个地区几乎不存在。

I'm sorry, sir, the roast lamb is off. 很抱歉，先生，烤羔羊肉没有了。

He said he had enough explosive to wipe the island off the map.

He's out of hospital, but he can't go back to work. 他出院了，但不能回去工作。

Are these chairs spoken for? 这些椅子有人坐吗？

a stray cat/dog 走失的猫/狗

A lot of their money is tied up in property. 他们的很多钱都被套在了房地产上。

Forty people are still unaccounted for after the avalanche. 在雪崩后依然有40人下落不明。

Some witnesses were unavailable at the time of the trial. 审判时有些证人未能到庭。

Sophisticated medical equipment is unavailable in many poorer countries. 许多更贫穷的国家得不到高级的医疗设备。