You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing.

Darkness is the absence of light.

黑暗就是缺乏光亮.

Work has piled up during his absence.

在他离开期间工作堆积起来了.

His absence caused me much trouble.

他的缺席给我带来了许多麻烦.

He took my place during my absence.

在我缺勤期间他代替了我.

The team was crippled by his absence.

他的缺席使这支球队的实力削弱.

He excused his absence by saying that he was ill.

他说他生病了,为他缺席开脱.

I found a refreshing absence of industrial sprawl.

我发现了一处全无杂乱工业区踪影的、令人心旷神怡的地方.

My absence had gone unnoticed.

我的缺席未能引起人家注意.

She called in your absence.

你不在时她来过。

It's good to take up the threads of our old friendship after such a long absence.

时隔这么久之后重新恢复我们的老交情,这很好.

Everyone remarked loudly on his absence.

大家大声地议论他的缺席.

In its absence China would retrogress into division and chaos, and modernization would become impossible.

动摇了中国就要倒退到分裂和混乱, 就不可能实现现代化.

The competition has been thrown wide open by the absence of the world champion.

由于世界冠军缺阵，这场比赛变得胜负难定。

David is now living in Beirut again after an enforced absence.

戴维在被迫离开后，现在又回到了贝鲁特生活。

They both smiled; neither seemed likely to be aware of my absence for long.

他俩都笑了，看来两人都未意识到我已离开很长时间了。

He has been placed on a paid leave of absence while investigations are made.

调查进行期间，单位给他放了带薪假。

Everyone understood how hard it was to get back into the swing of things after such a long absence.

每个人都知道这么长时间不在，再重新完全融入进来有多难。

Wabel's victory was in no way devalued by the absence of series leader Tom Fisher.

瓦贝尔的胜利绝没有因系列赛领先者汤姆·费希尔的缺阵而失色。

The official reason given for the President's absence was sickness.

对外公布的总统未到场原因是身体有恙。

A role as senior diplomat would be a good alibi for his absence.

高级外交官的角色将是他缺席的上佳托词。