1·You've been absent six times according to our records.
根据我们的记录,你已经缺席六次了。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·I have typed out some lecture notes for the benefit of those people who were absent last week.
我帮上星期缺席的人打印了些上课的要点。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Why is he so often absent on Thursdays?
他为什么经常星期四缺席?
4·Mr. Long agreed that it seemed strange for David to be absent so often on gym days.
龙老师也认为,大卫经常缺席体育课这件事看起来很奇怪。
5·The list of winners is dominated by national oil companies. The international majors that once dominated the global oil industry are, by and large, absent.
在这张中标名单中大部分都是国有石油公司,而那些曾经主导全球石油工业的国际巨头,则大部缺席。