truant
/ˈtruː.ənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtruː.ənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtrü-ənt/ (ame, mw) · /ˈtruːənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtruːənt/ (ame, ipa)
truant — 名詞
- truantsingular
- truantsplural
1. a school student who often stays away from class without permission
翹課生
常未經允許不上學的學生
a school student who often stays away from class without permission
Feng's homeroom teacher called his mother after he became a repeat truant.
Feng 成了慣常翹課生後，導師打電話給他的母親。
repeat truant in school discipline context
The school counsellor met each truant before the new term started.
新學期開始前，學校輔導老師和每一位翹課生談過。
After three warning letters, the judge ordered the truant back to class.
收到三封警告信後，法官命這名翹課生回去上課。
Amira sat beside a nervous truant in the attendance office.
Amira 在出勤辦公室裡坐在一名緊張的翹課生旁邊。
- absentee
broader and more formal; may include people absent for legitimate reasons
- school skipper
more informal and more obviously focused on deliberately missing school
文法句型
a truant
repeat truant
用法筆記
Usually used by schools, courts, or social workers about a child or teenager. It implies skipping school without permission, not simply being absent for a valid reason.
常見錯誤
2. a person who avoids the work or responsibilities that they should do
卸責者
經常把該做的事推給別人的人
a person who avoids the work or responsibilities that they should do
The editor mocked each truant who vanished when the final deadline came.
最後期限一到就消失的每個卸責者，都被編輯譏諷了一番。
truant meaning a duty shirker
During the fire drill, one truant hid in the canteen instead of helping.
消防演習時，有一名卸責者躲進餐廳，不肯幫忙。
The report blamed a few truants for leaving the hardest tasks unfinished.
報告把幾個把最難工作丟著不做的卸責者列為責任所在。
Yael refused to cover for another truant on the hospital ward.
Yael 不肯再替醫院病房裡另一個卸責者頂班。
文法句型
a truant
truants in the team
用法筆記
Broader and much rarer than noun sense 1. It is used in formal or literary contexts about avoiding duty in general, not specifically about school.
truant — 動詞
- truantpresent simple I / you / we / they
- truantshe / she / it
- truantedpast simple
- truanting-ing form
1. to miss school on purpose without being allowed, often while acting as if you ha
翹課
未經允許而故意不上學
to miss school on purpose without being allowed, often while acting as if you had gone
Christopher truanted from school and spent the morning at the arcade.
Christopher 翹課後，把整個早上都耗在電玩場。
truant from school
After lunch, two boys truanted and waited behind the sports hall.
午餐後，兩個男孩翹課，躲在體育館後面等著。
Quinn often truanted on Fridays to avoid the weekly maths test.
Quinn 常在星期五翹課，好躲掉每週的數學小考。
The brothers truanted for a month while their parents worked overseas.
這對兄弟翹課了一個月，當時他們的父母在海外工作。
- play truant
the common fixed British phrase for this action
- skip school
more transparent and common in modern everyday English
- attend
to go to the class or school as required
文法句型
truant
truant from school
用法筆記
Usually used of school-age children. In British English, the fixed phrase 'play truant' is especially common and often sounds more idiomatic than the bare verb.
常見錯誤
truant — 形容詞
- truantpositive
- more truantcomparative
- most truantsuperlative
1. describes a student or child who is away from school without permission
翹課的
未經允許缺課或缺校的
describes a student or child who is away from school without permission
Teachers checked on several truant pupils after Monday's storm closed the bridge.
週一暴風雨讓橋封閉後，老師們去查看幾名翹課的學生。
truant + pupils
The principal separated truant students from the rest of the class.
校長把翹課的學生和班上其他人分開。
A truant child was found sleeping in the library stairwell.
一名翹課的孩子被發現睡在圖書館樓梯間。
The district hired more staff to track truant teenagers across town.
學區增聘人手，好追查全城各處翹課的青少年。
- absent
broader and neutral; does not itself imply rule-breaking
- unauthorized
more formal and describes the lack of permission directly
- present
in attendance rather than absent
文法句型
truant + student/pupil/child
用法筆記
Most often appears before words like student, pupil, child, or teenager. Distinguish it from adjective sense 2, which is about neglecting duties more generally.
常見錯誤
2. describes someone who avoids duties instead of doing the work expected from them
卸責的
逃避職責，不肯盡本分的
describes someone who avoids duties instead of doing the work expected from them
The committee removed a truant board member after months of missed meetings.
那名連續幾個月缺席會議的卸責董事，被委員會撤換了。
truant + board member
Arjun complained about a truant worker who never finished the stock list.
Arjun 抱怨那名卸責工人，因為他從不把庫存表做完。
The mayor warned truant officials that voters were watching closely.
市長警告那些卸責官員，選民都在密切看著。
A truant partner left Anong to manage the food stall alone.
一名卸責的合夥人把食物攤位丟給 Anong 一個人顧。
- shirking
close in meaning and often used for avoiding duty
- neglectful
broader and can describe failing to give enough care or attention
- dutiful
doing what is expected responsibly
文法句型
truant + member/worker/official
用法筆記
Usually appears before a noun such as member, worker, partner, or official. Distinguish it from adjective sense 1, which is specifically about school absence.