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
使(自己)离开；避开。；使缺席
To keep oneself away from a place or activity; to stay away.
使(自己)离开；避开。
To keep (oneself) away.
一般现在时
She absents herself from meetings.
她让自己缺席会议。
一般过去时
He absented himself from class yesterday.
他昨天让自己缺席了课堂。
现在完成时
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。
用法提示：此处 absent 作为及物动词，后接反身代词，表示‘使缺席’。
She absented herself from work due to illness yesterday.
她昨天因病没去上班。
用法提示：absent oneself from 结构，表示‘缺席、不参加’。
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。
用法提示：absented 是过去式，后面跟反身代词表示主动缺席。
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。
比absent更正式，常用于主动退出，须搭配from使用；语气更强调自我决定。
需用反身代词remove oneself from，偏重物理上的移开；在表示“缺席会议/课程”时不如absent自然。
非常正式/文学化，常表示出于礼貌或身体原因离开，也指退休或就寝；非日常表达。
口语常用，不带反身代词，直接说stay away from；比absent随意，适用于日常劝告。
通常用excuse oneself from，表示礼貌地说明原因后离开，隐含需要许可；若只是不被看见则不宜使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子He absented from the meeting.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He absented himself the meeting.
正确表达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。
此处反义词针对动词 absent（使离开；缺席）的用法，表示到场、参加。例如 absent oneself from a meeting 的反义是 attend a meeting。attend 强调有目的地出席，与 absent oneself 的主动避开相对。
absent作形容词时表示“缺席的”，是状态描述；而动词absent表示“使缺席”，是及物动词，需带宾语（常用反身代词）
absence是名词，指“缺席的状态”；而动词absent是动作“使缺席”，后者更正式且常带反身代词
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。
ab- (away) + -sent (be) + -ent (suffix)
ab- (away) + duct (lead)
pre- (before) + -sent (be)
ab- (away) + -sent (be) + -ence (noun suffix)
（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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