If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for(缩略=)'absent without leave'.
例句
The troops went AWOL to express their complaints about the camp.部队擅自撤离了,以表示他们对军营的不满。
ADJ
不告而别的
If you say that someone has gone AWOL, you mean that they have disappeared without telling anyone where they were going.
例句
His real father had gone AWOL about 17 years earlier, and after that his mother had remarried.他的生父在17年前不辞而别,自那以后他母亲就改嫁了。
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. absent without permission;
"truant schoolboys""the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
2. having deserted your post or station without leave