| 单词 | truant |
| 释义 | Related topics: Schooltru·ant /ˈtruːənt/ noun [countable] 1 SESa student who stays away from school without permission 逃学者，旷课生 persistent truants 老是逃学的学生2. play truant British EnglishSESGO TO/ATTEND to stay away from school without permission 逃学，旷课 SYN British English skive, American English play hooky —truant verb [intransitive] —truant adjective American English Nick was truant seven days this month. 尼克这个月旷课七天。Examples from the Corpustruant• He dropped out of the eighth grade, but before that he was a truant of long standing.• They are, according to recent research, bringing up the next generation of offenders, truants, divorcees and generally inadequate people.• Home visiting is an expensive but helpful alternative for persistent truants.• About half in each case were categorised by their headteachers as casual or persistent truants.• Persistent truants, those truanting for weeks at a time, were seen as posing intractable problems for schools.• Nadine had rung Matthew several times recently-and always at school-to say that Rory was playing truant.• Or had the truants simply outgrown school, but were ready for the world of work?• The truants are questioned by education officers, and often their parents too.Origin truant (1300-1400) Old French “wanderer”tru·ant nounChineseSyllable without from student school a who stays Corpus away |
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