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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。
缺席；不参加
absenting — present participle of absent
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缺席；不参加
To keep oneself away from a place or activity; to stay away.
He absented himself from the meeting.
他缺席了会议。
使(自己)离开；避开。
To keep (oneself) away.
absent
Base
原形
absents
3rd person
第三人称单数
absenting
-ing
现在分词
absented
Past
过去式
absented
Past participle
过去分词
She absents herself from meetings.
她让自己缺席会议。
He absented himself from class yesterday.
他昨天让自己缺席了课堂。
They have absented themselves from the event.
他们让自己缺席了该活动。
规则动词
He absented himself from the meeting without permission.
他未经允许缺席了会议。
She absented herself from work due to illness yesterday.
她昨天因病没去上班。
Several students absented themselves from the lecture, which disappointed the professor.
几个学生缺席了讲座，这让教授很失望。
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。
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。
Not this
He absented from the meeting.
Use this
He absented himself from the meeting.
动词 absent 必须带上反身代词 (himself/herself/themselves) 作为宾语，表示让自己缺席。
Not this
He absented himself the meeting.
Use this
He absented himself from the meeting.
动词 absent 表示从某处缺席时，需使用介词 from 引出缺席的地点。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
旷工；不参加工作
He absented himself from work twice this month.
他这个月旷工了两次。
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。
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。
缺课；逃课
Several students absented themselves from class yesterday.
昨天有几名学生缺课。
（使）离开；（使）缺席
He absented himself from the meeting without explanation.
他没有解释就缺席了会议。
心不在焉的；健忘的
She's so absent-minded that she left her phone in the fridge.
她太心不在焉了，把手机落在了冰箱里。
擅自离队的；无故缺席的
The manager has been absent without leave from work all week.
这位经理一周都没有请假就不来上班。
你且暂时离开幸福，在这残酷的世间痛苦地呼吸，好讲述我的故事。
In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the dying prince asks his friend Horatio to absent himself from happiness for a time and remain alive to tell his story.
在莎士比亚的戏剧《哈姆雷特》中，垂死的王子请他的朋友霍拉旭暂时离开幸福，活下去讲述他的故事。
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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。
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。
及物动词，通常用于 absent oneself from 结构
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