Staying away from school without permission — skipping school, on purpose, with nobody's agreement.

Staying away from school without permission沒有得到允許就不去上學 skipping school, on purpose故意翹課 with nobody's agreement沒有任何人同意

Being sick is not truancy. Being kept home by a parent to help at the family shop is a different offence. Truancy is the child choosing not to go and nobody knowing where they are.

Being sick is not truancy生病不算truancy Being kept home by a parent to help at the family shop is a different offence被家長留在家裡幫忙顧店是另一種違規 Truancy is the child choosing not to gotruancy是小孩自己選擇不去 and nobody knowing where they are而且沒有人知道他們在哪裡

The word is official and institutional: it lives in school reports, government statistics, newspaper articles and law. A teacher writes 'truancy' in a file; the same teacher says 'skipping class' to the student's face, and the students themselves say 'cutting class' (American) or 'bagging off / skiving' (British).

The word is official and institutional這個字很正式、公文式 it lives in school reports, government statistics, newspaper articles and law出現在學校報告、政府統計、新聞報導和法律裡 A teacher writes 'truancy' in a file老師會在檔案裡寫'truancy' the same teacher says 'skipping class' to the student's face但同一個老師當面對學生會說'skipping class' and the students themselves say 'cutting class' (American)學生自己則會說'cutting class'（美式） or 'bagging off / skiving' (British)或'bagging off / skiving'（英式）

Because it is the formal word, it usually appears in serious contexts — 'truancy rates', 'a truancy officer', 'measures to reduce truancy' — and often with a whiff of the law behind it, since in many countries parents can be fined for it.

Because it is the formal word因為它是正式用語 it usually appears in serious contexts常出現在比較嚴肅的場合 'truancy rates', 'a truancy officer', 'measures to reduce truancy'像'truancy rates'（曠課率）、'a truancy officer'（曠課督導員）、'measures to reduce truancy'（減少曠課的措施） and often with a whiff of the law behind it背後往往還帶著一點法律的意味 since in many countries parents can be fined for it因為在很多國家家長可能會因此被罰款

The person who does it is a truant, and the older verb phrase is 'to play truant' (British) or 'to play hooky' (American). It is an uncountable noun, so you say 'truancy is a problem', never 'a truancy' or 'truancies'.

The person who does it is a truant做這件事的人叫truant and the older verb phrase is 'to play truant' (British)比較舊的動詞片語是'to play truant'（英式） or 'to play hooky' (American)或'to play hooky'（美式） It is an uncountable noun這是個不可數名詞 so you say 'truancy is a problem'所以你會說'truancy is a problem' never 'a truancy' or 'truancies'絕不會說'a truancy'或'truancies'