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“I’m sorry for having missed class the other day, ” I began, and because I felt obliged to explain my absence I told them the truth.

“很抱歉错过了上次的课程，”我这样开始，因为我觉得必须解释一下缺课的原因。 我要把真实的情况告诉他们。

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Similarly, the global Logger means that you cannot use this class in absence of not just a logger, but that specific global logger class.

同样的，全局的日志记录器意味着你必须先获得一个某个明确全局记录器类所创建日志记录器后，才能使用这个类。

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Moreover, an absence of hierarchical class structures that typify older societies has extended competitive opportunities to all who seek them.

FORBES: In Reflection, With Resolve, Rediscovering American Exceptionalism

It is bolstered by the view that we are a country comfortable with the rule of law (with a few war on terror exceptions), an absence of rigid class distinctions and discriminations (at least lately), and an underlying tendency to do the right thing when the right thing needs doing (although, as Churchill remarked, often only after exhausting all other alternatives).

FORBES: FATCA: the End of American Exceptionalism or Merely the Next Chapter?

The complete absence of a black middle class allowed most advertisers to ignore black tastes and aspirations.

ECONOMIST: Free at last