| 词组 | conspicuous by your absence |
| 释义 | conspicuous by (one's) absenceNoticeably missing from something. You're the loudest one in the class, so of course you're conspicuous by your absence! conspicuous by your absenceobviously not present in a place where you should be.This phrase was coined by Lord John Russell in a speech made in 1859 . He acknowledged as his source for the idea a passage in Tacitus describing a procession of images at a funeral: the fact that those of Cassius and Brutus were absent attracted a great deal of attention. conˌspicuous by your ˈabsencenot present in a situation or place, when it is obvious that you should be there: When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence. |
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