absenta. 1.not present不在場的。 △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.)一方面靠著我們的幫助,一方面也因為國王不在英國。 2. not present不在。 △Mac.5.4.14(13): “And noneserve with him but constrained things,/Whose heartsare absent too.”除了那些被強迫者以外沒人為他效勞,而連他們也是離心離德的。 3. of absence缺席的,不在場的。 △Oth.3. 4. 173 (174):“and lovers’ absent hours,/More tedious than the di-al eight score times?”而且是情人不在身邊的鐘點,那不是比日規(guī)上的時間還要漫長一百六十倍嗎?
absentvb. refl. keep far,abstain避開,避免。 △Ham.5. 2. 361 (347):“Absent thee from felicity a while,”請你暫時別去享受天堂之樂。 |