absentee

英 [ˌæbsənˈtiː]

美 [ˌæbsənˈtiː]

n.  缺席者; 缺勤者; 缺课者

复数：absentees　

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牛津词典

noun

• 缺席者；缺勤者；缺课者
  a person who is not at a place where they were expected to be

柯林斯词典

• （应到而未到的）不在者，缺席者
  Anabsenteeis a person who is expected to be in a particular place but who is not there.
• ADJ 不在的;缺席的
  Absenteeis used to describe someone who is not there to do a particular job in person.
  1. Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child maintenance.
     缺席的父亲将会被强制要求支付孩子的抚养费。
  2. ...an absentee landlord.
     在外业主
• ADJ 缺席的（指美国因故预先投票的选票或选民）
  In elections in the United States, if you vote byabsenteeballot or if you are anabsenteevoter, you vote in advance because you will be away.
  1. He has already voted by absentee ballot...
     他已进行了缺席投票。
  2. The deadline for absentee voting in was Saturday.
     缺席投票的最后期限是星期六。

英英释义

noun

• one that is absent or not in residence

双语例句

• There was one notabie absentee from the ceiebrations.
  庆典上有一个要员缺席。
• Absentee voting rules for all other elections are set by the states, and vary.
  所有其它选举的缺席投票规则由各州制定，各不相同。
• Guan Zi s theory on autocratic monarchy expounded in his Degree of Seriousness; The American people ( and Rockefeller as well) had been taught a tragic lesson in the consequences of industrial despotism and absentee capitalism.
  论《管子》轻重篇的君主专制主义思想美国人民（洛克菲勒也是一样）由于工业专制主义和遥控资本主义，得到了一次悲惨的教训。
• Bush, who cast an absentee ballot for Sen.
  布什上周投了选票给参议员约翰麦凯恩。
• But no one could accuse him of being an absentee dad.
  但没有人可以指责他作为一个缺席的父亲。
• The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, a federal law, governs absentee voting in presidential elections.
  《服役及海外公民缺席投票法案》（一个联邦法律）对总统选举的缺席投票进行规范。
• Absentee Managers – who would not step in at all irrespective of whether the team has all the necessary skills to tackle the problem.
  缺席的管理者：不管团队是否解决问题的全部必备能力，这一类管理者都不会介入。
• He has already voted by absentee ballot
  他已进行了缺席投票。
• The rules and management of the gardens are normally controlled by a committee with, perhaps, an appeal to an absentee freeholder.
  花园的规定和管理通常由一个委员会控制，这或许对于不上班的业主颇有吸引力。
• The only absentee was Zebina who should be back in the coming weeks.
  唯一缺席的只有泽比纳，他将在几周之后回归。