AWOL
adjective[after verb]
uk/ˈeɪ.wɒl/us/ˈeɪ.wɑːl/abbreviationforabsentwithoutleave: used to say that amemberof thearmedforcesis away withoutpermission:
擅离职守的(absent without leave的缩写)Thepilotisserving22days'detentionforgoingAWOL.这位飞行员因为擅离职守而将被关禁闭22天。
to be absent
- absentIf you are absent from work for more than three days, you must provide a medical certificate.
- AWOLDuring the First World War soldiers who left their post were regularly charged with going AWOL.
- go AWOLMy glasses have gone AWOL again.
- missingHave you seen my credit card? It seems to be missing.
The armed forces generally
- anti-military
- army
- barracks
- camouflage
- CAO
- casualty assistance officer
- casualty notification officer
- casualty officer
- challenge
- civvy street
- court martial
- deploy
- military
- mission
- quick march!idiom
- reconnaissance
- the armed forces
- the SBS
- unmilitary
- WRAC
Idiom
go AWOL