Word · Frequency #4300
Fully loadedabsent
缺席；不参加
To keep oneself away from a place or activity; to stay away.
- 1.
To keep (oneself) away.
使(自己)离开；避开。
使(自己)离开；避开。；使缺席
In use
He absented himself from the meeting without permission.
She absented herself from work due to illness yesterday.
Several students absented themselves from the lecture, which disappointed the professor.
absent oneself from sth
absent oneself from 是动词短语，表示故意缺席。
He absented himself from the meeting.
他缺席了会议。
absent sb from sth
这种用法较少见，通常用于使某人缺席。
She absented her son from school for a day.
她让儿子请假一天没去上学。
Verb forms
base absent · third person absents · -ing absenting · past absented · past participle absented
规则动词
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- absent oneself from work
- 旷工；不参加工作
- He absented himself from work twice this month.他这个月旷工了两次。
- absent oneself from a meeting
- 缺席会议；不参加会议
- She absented herself from the meeting because she was ill.她因生病没有参加会议。
- absent oneself from duty
- 擅离职守；不履行职责
- The soldier absented himself from duty without leave.那名士兵未请假就擅离职守。
- absent oneself from class
- 缺课；逃课
- Several students absented themselves from class yesterday.昨天有几名学生缺课。
Idioms & figurative uses
- absent oneself from
- （使）离开；（使）缺席He absented himself from the meeting without explanation.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：absent 拼写中含 sent（send 的过去分词），想象某人被「送走」，于是主动离开、缺席。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary narrative 作动词时多用于正式或书面语，常以 absent oneself from... 的形式表示‘缺席、不参加’，日常口语中较少见。
Grammar Note
及物动词，通常用于 absent oneself from 结构
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音说明：在给定的读音 /ˈæbsənt/ 中，重音在第一个音节，词尾 /‑sənt/ 是非重读音节。列表中的 sent、consent、dissent 都重读最后一个音节 /‑sent/，与 absent 的读音和重音不同，只是拼写相似。present /ˈprezənt/、accent /ˈæksənt/ 和 decent /ˈdiːsənt/ 与 absent 一样重音在首音节，其中 accent 和 decent 的第二音节同为 /‑sənt/，但重读音节部分的辅音或元音不同，因此都不与 absent 真正押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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