He is too careful not to have noticed it.

The company docks its employees for unauthorized absences.

公司因其职员无端缺勤而扣其工资.

The system itself can also set up absence quotas.

系统自己可以设置缺勤限额.

Late work Make-up class work must be given before the next class.

补交作业:因缺勤而补交的作业,必须在下次课之前提交.

We'll have to work all the harder with two members of staff away ill.

有两个职员因病缺勤,我们只好加把劲儿了.

She's not at her desk today: she's on the sick-list.

她今天没上班: 因病缺勤.

Some few of the students are absent today.

有些同学今天缺席.

The machine got clogged ( up ) with grease.

那机器因油污的堵塞而运转 失灵.

I was driving into town when my brakes went, ie failed.

我正开车进城时,制动器失灵了.

Every compartment had some minor breakage or malfunction to report.

每间舱房总有些小毛病或机件失灵的事故上报.

Every time it rains, our car acts up.

每当下雨, 我们的车就失灵.

They were clumsy and slow.

他们都变得手脚不灵,动作迟钝.

The scheme did not work.

这个主意不灵.

The machine doesn't work.

这台机器不灵了.

Although he was based in Wales, distance was no object.

虽然他主要住在威尔士，但是距离不成问题。

He has to be tough, she thought. He's in a tough job.

他是应该厉害一点的, 她暗自寻思着, 他的工作来不得半点疏忽.

No dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible in science.

科学来不得半点虚伪和骄傲.

This will never do.

这事永远行不通.

If we go on like this, we'll get nowhere.

照这样下去是行不通的.

The book seems to have been translated into many languages already.

这本书看来已有了好几种语言的译本了.

Since then, an Italian translation and a French translation have appeared in book form.

自从那时以来, 意大利文译本和法文译本相继以书藉形式问世.