中國人最易誤解的英語第40期:缺席在哪兒?

　　Colin isabsent inShanghai.

　　(誤譯)科林現(xiàn)在不在上海。

　　(正譯)克林去上海了，不在這里。

　　absent

　　adj. 缺席的;缺少的;心不在焉的;茫然的

　　vt. 使缺席

　　例句：

　　Why did you absent yourself this afternoon?

　　你今天下午為什么缺席?

　　The school confers a medal on any student who is not absent a single day.

　　學(xué)校對一天也不缺席的學(xué)生發(fā)給一枚獎(jiǎng)?wù)隆?/p>

　　The chief source of all this passion is that thought for what is absent and future, which, withman, exercises such a powerful influence upon all he does.

　　這種激情主要起源于對缺失的東西以及對未來的想往。人帶著激情，對他所做的事情發(fā)揮出如此強(qiáng)有力的影響。

　　詞組短語：

　　absent from 缺席

　　absent from work 曠工;缺勤

　　Yet the reality of business life is all but absent from American films.

　　然而，這一巨大的現(xiàn)實(shí)卻在美國電影中缺席。

　　Spontaneous laughter had been so long absent from our relationship that it felt strange.

　　這自然而然的笑聲在我們之間“缺席”甚久，以至于聽起來有些陌生。

　　absent minded 健忘的

　　At this time, I absent minded can imagine some idyllic life ease.

　　當(dāng)此之時(shí)，我就恍惚能夠想象一些田園生活的悠閑。

　　You know the stereotype, an absent minded professor, awkward socially.

　　你所熟悉的典型形象，心不在焉，舉止尷尬的教授。

　　And isn't everyone absent minded when they have a hundred thoughts going through theirhead?

　　注意力缺乏多動(dòng)癥真的只和兒童有關(guān)嗎? 當(dāng)一百個(gè)念頭同時(shí)經(jīng)過大腦的時(shí)候，難道不是任何人都會心不在焉嗎?