在日常英語中,如果某人在休假或出差,人們一般說he/she is away
He’s away at the moment. He’s gone to Hawaii.
他現在不在,他到夏威夷去了。
如果想表示某人不在某處,要說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not here
I’m afraid he’s not here at the moment. Can I take a message?
對不起,他這會兒不在。要我記下留言么?
較正式得沒上班、沒上學、缺席會議用absent
The number of students absent istwo today.
今天學生缺席得人數是兩個。
You've been absent six timesaccording to our records.
根據我們得記錄,你已經缺席六次了。
He had absented himself from theoffice for the day.
這一天他沒有去辦公室上班。