柯林斯詞典absentee /??bs?n?ti?/ (absentees) 1. N-COUNT An absentee is a person who is expected to be in a particular place but who is not there. 缺席者 At least two of the three other absentees also had justifiable reasons for being away. 其他三個缺席者中至少兩個人也有合理的缺席理由。2. ADJ Absentee is used to describe someone who is not there to do a particular job in person. 缺席的[ADJ n] Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child support. 不和孩子在一起的父親會被強制支付子女撫養(yǎng)費。3. ADJ In elections in the United States, if you vote by absentee ballot or if you are an absentee voter, you vote in advance because you will be unable to go to the polling place. 缺席投票的[美國英語] [ADJ n] He has already voted by absentee ballot. 他已經(jīng)通過缺席投票的方式投了票。 返回 absentee劍橋詞典someone who is not at school or work when they should be 曠課者；曠工者；缺勤者 There are several absentees from school this week , because a lot of people have flu . 因為流感肆虐，這星期有幾個學(xué)生缺課。 返回 absentee