absent是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 缺席的； 缺乏的， 不存在的； 心不在焉的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was never absent during business hours, unless upon an errand, and then he was represented by his son: a grisly urchin of twelve, who was his express image.
-- He even showed surprise when he saw Mr. Lorry, and was altogether in an absent and preoccupied state.
-- But, it was the old scared lost look that troubled Mr. Lorry; and through his absent manner of clasping his head and drearily wandering away into his own room when they got up-stairs, Mr. Lorry was reminded of Defarge the wine-shop keeper, and the starlight ride.
-- He therefore made arrangements to absent himself from Tellson's for the first time in his life, and took his post by the window in the same room.
-- This time, Mr. Lorry feigned to go out when he could extract no answer from him, and, after remaining absent for an hour, returned.
在汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的《安徒生童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It certainly could not be the Bishop; even though he was considered the most absent man in the whole kingdom, and people told the drollest anecdotes about him.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Kitty looked at all of them with the same absent eyes as Levin.
-- He had quite forgotten the momentary unpleasant impression, and alone with her he felt, now that the thought of her approaching motherhood was never for a moment absent from his mind, a new and delicious bliss, quite pure from all alloy of sense, in the being near to the woman he loved.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But such outsiders as Wickett and such silent riders as Martin and Leora and such totally absent members as Max Gottlieb were few, and the dinner waxed magnificently to a love-feast when Dr. Tubbs and Sir Isaac Mallard paid compliments to each other, to Capitola, to the sacred soil of France, to brave little Belgium, to American hospitality, to British love of privacy, and to the extremely interesting things a young man with a sense of co-operation might do in modern science.
-- Under the martinet eye of Col. Director Dr. A. DeWitt Tubbs he had to wear his uniform, at least recognizable portions of it, at the Institute, but by evening he slipped into the habit of sneaking into citizen clothes, and when he went with Leora to the movies he had an agreeable feeling of being Absent Without Leave, of risking at every street corner arrest by the Military Police and execution at dawn.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He had become extremely absent and forgetful and he was aware of it.
-- Through inevi-table circumstances I am forced to be absent and shall not be at the dinner in spite of your mamma's kind invitation.'
-- After many tears an unwritten contract was drawn up be- tween us: first, that I would never leave Marfa Petrovna and would always be her husband; secondly, that I would never absent myself without her permission; thirdly, that I would never set up a permanent mistress; fourthly, in return for this, Marfa Petrovna gave me a free hand with the maid-servants, but only with her secret knowledge; fifthly, God forbid my falling in love with a woman of our class; sixthly, in case I which God forbid should be visited by a great serious passion I was bound to reveal it to Marfa Petrovna.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When he had done, he brought me a pudding, and having set itbefore me, seemed to ruminate, and to become absent in his mindfor some moments.
-- I was still held to be necessary to my poor mother's training, and,as one of her trials, could not be suffered to absent myself.
-- She had tasks to learn, and needlework to do; andwas absent during a great part of each day.
-- Mr. Micawber withdrew, and was absent some little time; in thecourse of which Mrs. Micawber was not wholly free from anapprehension that words might have arisen between him and theMember.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Let us think of those among our absent friends who are more cheerfully employed,' cried Emma.
-- Mr. Perry had been to Mrs. Goddard's to attend a sick child, and Miss Nash had seen him, and he had told Miss Nash, that as he was coming back yesterday from Clayton Park, he had met Mr. Elton, and found to his great surprize, that Mr. Elton was actu-ally on his road to London, and not meaning to return till 82 Emmathe morrow, though it was the whist-club night, which he had been never known to miss before; and Mr. Perry had remonstrated with him about it, and told him how shabby it was in him, their best player, to absent himself, and tried very much to persuade him to put off his journey only one day; but it would not do; Mr. Elton had been determined to go on, and had said in a very particular way indeed, that he was going on business which he would not put off for any inducement in the world; and something about a very enviable commission, and being the bearer of something exceedingly precious.
-- Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley, from having been longer than usual absent from Surry, were exciting of course rath-er more than the usual interest.
-- John Knightley came; but Mr. Weston was unex-pectedly summoned to town and must be absent on the very day.
-- And as to my dear little boys, I must say, that if Aunt Emma has not time for them, I do not think they would fare much better with Uncle Knightley, who is absent from home about five hours where she is absent one and who, when he is at home, is ei-ther reading to himself or settling his accounts.'
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He would base his appeal on what he considered her unfair treatment of Farmer Boldwood, now absent from home.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Until the first year was nearly at an end, Goriot had dined out once or twice every week, but these occasions came less frequently, and at last he was scarcely absent from the dinner-table twice a month.
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