absenta. 1.not present不在场的。 △1H.IV. 5. 1. 49:“What withour help,what with the absent King,”i.e. the ab-sence of the King. (Richard II was in Ireland whenHenry Bolingbroke landed in England.)一方面靠着我们的帮助,一方面也因为国王不在英国。 2. not present不在。 △Mac.5.4.14(13): “And noneserve with him but constrained things,/Whose heartsare absent too.”除了那些被强迫者以外没人为他效劳,而连他们也是离心离德的。 3. of absence缺席的,不在场的。 △Oth.3. 4. 173 (174):“and lovers’ absent hours,/More tedious than the di-al eight score times?”而且是情人不在身边的钟点,那不是比日规上的时间还要漫长一百六十倍吗?
absentvb. refl. keep far,abstain避开,避免。 △Ham.5. 2. 361 (347):“Absent thee from felicity a while,”请你暂时别去享受天堂之乐。 |