absent from和absent in
absent为形容词.这两个词组均可表示"不在(某地),不在...里",后跟地点名词.不同的是absent from的主语可为有生命的名词,也可为无生命的名词,而absent in的主语只能是无生命的名词.此处absent in为活用搭配.如:
1.I was absent from Wuhan last year.去年我不在武汉.
2.Snow is absent in some countries.有些国家从不下雪.
3.The idiom is absent in/from the book.这本书中没有这个词.
absent from还可表示"缺席"之意,后常跟class,school,meeting,work之类的名词.如:
Why were you absent from school yesterday?你昨天为什么没来上学?
absent in还可作"外出在(某地)"讲.此时,主语只能为有生命的名词.如:
My father is absent in Europe.我父亲现在外出在欧洲.