In this context, we cannot ignore the fact that coal, absent a quantum technological shift, is likely to remain the major fuel for energy generation in China and India through to mid-century.

在此背景下，我们不能忽视的一个事实是，如果没有巨大的技术变革，煤炭直到本世纪中叶都将会是中国和印度能源生产的主要燃料。

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Reporter: you've expressed concerns about your own failings as a husband and a father, particularly with being absent a lot and Michelle being angry about it.

记者：你表达了自己作为丈夫和父亲的失败的担心，尤其是你经常不在家，米歇尔对此很生气。

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While he was absent a half-starved wolf appeared on the scene, and went up to the plough and began chewing the leather straps attached to the yoke.

这时，一只饿得半死的狼出现了，他走到犁旁边，开始咀嚼牛轭上的皮套。

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University-level research papers, she says,are now being peppered with casual phrases like "you know" and words like "guy" informal usages that were absent almost a decade ago.

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Three legislators were absent from the vote. It is the first time a government is ousted since the country came to existence, after the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia in 1993.

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Negotiations with the House of Representatives to craft a final bill for President Obama will be difficult because of some major differences, notably the House bill's provision for a government-run health insurance option, absent from the Senate measure.

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Absent a doc fix, many more physicians would surely join them on the sidelines.

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But absent a buyout, there are plenty of contorted ways to get referrals anyway.

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There are a number of virtues to small businesses, even absent a special role as job creators.

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