non-attendance
/ˌnɒn əˈtendəns/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌnɑːn əˈtendəns/ (ame, ipa)
non-attendance — 名詞
1. the situation of staying away from somewhere a person is supposed to be, such as
缺席；未出席
應到場而未到場的情形或次數
the situation of staying away from somewhere a person is supposed to be, such as school, court, or a meeting; also one specific time when this happens.
The judge fined Walid for repeated non-attendance at his court hearings.
法官因 Walid 屢次未出席開庭而對他處以罰款。
non-attendance at + noun (formal legal context)
Yael's non-attendance at the wedding upset her cousins for years afterward.
Yael 沒有出席婚禮一事讓她的表親們難過了好多年。
noun + non-attendance at + event
The school sent a letter home about Leo's repeated non-attendance.
學校就 Leo 屢次缺席的情形寄了一封信到家裡。
Persistent non-attendance can lead to a child being removed from the class register.
長期缺席可能導致孩童被從班級名冊中除名。
Heloísa explained her non-attendance at the staff meeting by sharing the hospital note.
Heloísa 拿出醫院的證明，說明自己為何沒有出席員工會議。
- absence
much more common in everyday English; 'non-attendance' is the formal institutional term
- absenteeism
implies a habit of being absent without good reason, often about work or school
- truancy
specifically about a child staying away from school without permission
文法句型
non-attendance at + noun
non-attendance of + noun
用法筆記
Frequently appears in formal or institutional writing (courts, schools, workplaces) rather than casual speech. Subject is usually a person; the place or event follows 'at' or 'of'.