在日常英語(yǔ)中，如果某人在休假或出差，人們一般說(shuō)he/she is away
He’s away at the moment. He’s gone to Hawaii.
他現(xiàn)在不在，他到夏威夷去了。
如果想表示某人不在某處，要說(shuō)not there
I called in to see her but she wasn’t there.
我去找她，但她不在。
如果想表示某人和你不在一起，要說(shuō)not here
I’m afraid he’s not here at the moment. Can I take a message?
對(duì)不起，他這會(huì)兒不在。要我記下留言么？
較正式得沒(méi)上班、沒(méi)上學(xué)、缺席會(huì)議用absent
The number of students absent istwo today.
今天學(xué)生缺席得人數(shù)是兩個(gè)。
You've been absent six timesaccording to our records.
根據(jù)我們得記錄，你已經(jīng)缺席六次了。
He had absented himself from theoffice for the day.
這一天他沒(méi)有去辦公室上班。
