also a.w.o.l., military initialism (acronym) for absent without leave. The -o- seems to be there mostly so the assemblage can be pronounced as a word. In U.S. military use at least from World War II, popular use by 1960.
雙語例句
1. The troops went AWOL to express their complaints about the camp.
部隊擅自撤離了，以表示他們對軍營的不滿。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He's gone AWOL from his base.
他從基地開了小差。
來自《權威詞典》
3. He stained his military record by going AWOL [ a. w . o . l . = absent without official leave ] .
他因擅 離職 守而玷污了軍績.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. His real father had gone AWOL about 17 years earlier, and after that his mother had remarried.
他的生父在17年前不辭而別，自那以后他母親就改嫁了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. At the evening roll call they discovered that he was AWOL.