absence 接介詞 from表示“離開(kāi)某地,不在某地”; 接介詞 at 或 in表示“不在某地而在他處”; 接介詞of表示某人、某物或者某事物“缺乏”或者“不存在”。而in absence意為“在缺乏或不存在的情況下”; in sb's absence意為“當(dāng)某人不在時(shí),在某人離開(kāi)時(shí)”; in the absence of則意為“在缺少…時(shí)”。
例句：
When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.
后來(lái)到做掃除時(shí)，本應(yīng)在場(chǎng)的安妮卻因?yàn)椴辉诙鹆俗⒁狻?/p>
His absence went unremarked.
沒(méi)有人注意到他不在場(chǎng)。
There is more to good health than the mere absence of disease
身體健康不僅僅指不生病，還包括更多。
The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer
有無(wú)云層對(duì)熱量的傳遞會(huì)產(chǎn)生重要的影響。
The official reason given for the President's absence was sickness.
對(duì)外公布的總統(tǒng)未到場(chǎng)原因是身體有恙。