Three members of the class were absent this morning.

今天早晨该班有三人缺席。

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The chief source of all this passion is that thought for what is absent and future, which, with man, exercises such a powerful influence upon all he does.

这种激情的主要来源是对所缺少的和未来的思考，这种思考和人一起，对他所做的一切产生了如此强有力的影响。

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Speculation about what the jobs data would mean for the Federal Reserve was noticeably absent this month.

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It also wouldn't cost taxpayers anything because it only forgoes future government revenues that wouldn't exist absent this incentive.

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But numerous academic studies have shown that this policy promotes societal good because absent this incentive, firms would under-invest in basic research.

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