缺席：正式由组织给予的离开工作或学习的时间。
... distribution abroad国外总发行 absence of缺乏；缺少 absence light灭光；光 ...
... ②supply of sth. 某物的供应 ③absence of 缺少;不存在 7. as a result 结果是 ...
... absence from缺席… absence of缺乏;没有 access to ...的权力(方法,途径) acquaintance with相识 ...
缺乏
shortage / short of / deficiency / need / drought
The case was dismissed in the absence of any definite proof.
此案因缺乏确凿证据而不予受理。
The competition has been thrown wide open by the absence of the world champion.
世界冠军的缺席使这场比赛变得胜负难定。
It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war.
这个词就其最确切的意义而言不完全是和平，更像是没有战争。
But in the absence of any service, we have found that it is able to remove that barrier in some cases."
VOA : standard.2010.06.14
Purity, which is the absence of impurity, is a prerequisite for access to the holy or for holy status.
纯洁，不纯的反义词，是接近神圣或达到神圣状态的先决条件。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Why? Because there's more to life than just pleasure and the absence of pain, or so it seems to me.
为什么？因为生命不仅仅是,享受快乐，避免痛苦，我是这样认为。
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Clinton said in the absence of an Iranian reply, it is premature to talk about what may happen if Tehran ultimately rejects the offer.
VOA : standard.2009.11.09
This was the first Summit of the Americas to be held in a Caribbean nation, and was notable for a virtual absence of protesters.
VOA : standard.2009.04.19
He was tried and found guilty in his absence of terrorism offences in Jordan in 1999.
BBC: Abu Qatada case: UK agrees assistance treaty with Jordan
But the fraud could not be proved because of an absence of easily-accessible data.
What's striking about Mr. Obama's handling of both is his complete absence of influence.