The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
adj. 缺席的，不在场的;缺少的，缺乏的;不在意的，茫然的;
💡 ab相反，变坏，离去+sent出现→没有出现→缺席的
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义：missing, departed, gone
n. 缺点，缺陷;过错，责任;[电]故障;（猎狗的）失去嗅迹;
vt. 挑剔，找…的缺点;批评;做错，在…中出错;[地质学]产生断层;
vi. 找错误，挑剔;[地质学]变动从而产生断层;
💡 fault=fal错 → 过失，缺点
"A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon."
不能宽恕故意犯下的错误.
近义：rift, shift, break, fracture, faulting, recuse
反义：indulgence, pardon, purge, remit, resolve, spare
adj. 现在的;目前的;出席的;[语法学]现在时的;
n. 现在;礼物;瞄准;
💡 pres前+ent名词后缀 → 礼物，赠送物
"a belated birthday present"
迟来的生日礼物
近义：offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反义：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
vt. 原谅;为…申辩;免除，宽免;给…免去;
n. 借口，托辞;道歉，歉意;辩解;请假条;
vi. 作为借口;请示宽恕;表示宽恕;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"Late again! What's your excuse this time?"
又迟到了！你这次有什么借口？
近义：indulgence, absolve, pardon, redress, release, remit
反义：impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict