“缺席者”常见的英文表达是 absentee ,它既可以作名词,表示“缺席者;缺勤者”;也可作形容词,意为“缺席的;缺勤的” 。例如:
The teacher marked the absentees on the attendance sheet.(老师在考勤表上标记了缺席者。)
There are several absentees from today's meeting.(今天有好几个人缺席会议 。)
此外, absent person 也有类似“缺席者”的含义,但使用频率相对“absentee”低一些 。例如:We need to find out why the absent person didn't show up.(我们要弄清楚这个缺席者为什么没来。)