Rainfall is not completely absent in desert areas, but it is highly variable.

沙漠地区并非完全没有降雨，但它的变化很大。

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Photosynthetic life is impossible there because sunlight is completely absent, but life such as the microbes that flourish deep within earth may still be possible.

因为那里完全没有阳光，所以不可能有光合作用的生命，但像在地球深处蓬勃生长的微生物之类的生命可能仍然存在。

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He had an aversion to yielding so completely to his feelings, choosing rather to absent himself; and eating once in twenty-four hours seemed sufficient sustenance for him.

他厌恶自己完全屈从于自己的感情，宁可自己不来；而且在二十四小时内吃一顿饭在他似乎是足够了。

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The zippiness of mainstream electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi MieV was completely absent.

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"It's a curriculum in which the learner is completely absent, or just a passive consumer of information or knowledge, " he said.

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Europe is similarly vulnerable and Japan, where signs of recovery are so far almost completely absent, is wholly dependent on imported oil.

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