The case was dismissed in the absence of any definite proof.

此案因缺乏确凿证据而不予受理。

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

世界冠军的缺席使这场比赛变得胜负难定。

It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war.

这个词就其最确切的意义而言不完全是和平，更像是没有战争。

In the absence of wolves, coyote populations also grew quickly.

在没有狼的情况下，土狼的数量也迅速增加。

In the absence of actual data no reliance can be placed on such figures.

在缺乏实际资料的情况下，这样的数据不可靠。

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the profession of faith should be enough.

在缺少反面证据的情况下，对于信仰的声明应该足够了。

In the absence of parents' company in their childhood, these children will lack of confidence.

童年时缺乏父母陪伴，孩子们会缺乏自信。

Why? Because there's more to life than just pleasure and the absence of pain, so it seems to me.

为什么？因为在我看来，生活不仅仅是快乐和没有痛苦。

Bats have an engineering problem: how to find their way and find their prey in the absence of light.

蝙蝠们遇到了一个技术上的难题：如何在没有光线的条件下认路和捕食。

In the absence of gene flow between the subpopulations, genetic differences between the groups begin to accumulate.

在亚群体间缺乏基因流动时，群体间的遗传差异开始累积。

In the absence of clear goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily doings until we become slaves of them.

在缺乏明确目标的情况下，我们会奇怪地忠于执行日常的事情，直到我们成为它们的奴隶。

Its clean air, attractive parks, and the absence of any industry, make this an ideal spot for people looking for a quiet life.

它有干净的空气、吸引人的公园以及没有任何工业，使它成为人们寻找安静生活的理想场所。

The absence of oxygen on other planets means that those planets lack an ozone shield to protect life forms against UV radiation.

其他行星上没有氧气，这意味着这些行星缺乏保护生命体免受紫外线辐射的臭氧层。

In the absence of work, a society designed with other ends in mind could yield strikingly different circumstances for the future of labor and leisure.

在没有工作的情况下，一个怀揣着其他宗旨的社会可能会在未来的劳动与休闲方面产生截然不同的情形。

Employers did create maternity-leave programs in the 1970's and 1980's, but not as a purely voluntary response in the absence of any government mandate.

在20世纪70年代和80年代，雇主们的确设立了产假项目，但在没有任何政府强制的情况下，这并不是完全出于自愿的反应。

This sleek design allows single sounds to convey useful information, and in fact, even the absence of a sound has been enlisted to express something specific.

这种圆滑的设计使单一的声音也能传达有用的信息，事实上，即使没有声音也会被用来表达一些特定的含义。

Barrett wanted to find out if the absence of physical currency does indeed cause a person to spend more, so she decided to conduct an experiment a few months ago.

巴雷特想知道没有了实体货币是否真的会让一个人花更多的钱，所以她几个月前决定做一个实验。

One interpretation regarding the absence of fossils during this important 100-million-year period is that early animals were soft-bodied and simply did not fossilize.

关于在这一亿年的重要时期中没有化石，有一种解释是，早期的动物是软体动物，根本不会变成化石。

One interpretation regarding the absence of fossils during this important 100-million-year period is that early animals were soft bodied and simply did not fossilize.

在这重要的一亿年的周期内缺乏化石（记录），关于这一点，有一种解释是早期的动物是软体动物，所以它们无法形成化石。

Food and aid poured in from most developed countries into the continent, but thanks to the absence of efficient distribution system, the hungry remained empty-stomach.

粮食和援助从大多数发达国家涌入这片大陆，但由于缺乏高效的分配系统，饥饿的人们仍然饥肠辘辘。

The absence of an oxygen atmosphere on Mars and other planets in our solar system means that these planets also lack an ozone shield that would protect surface-dwelling life from UV radiation.

在火星和我们太阳系的其他行星上没有氧气，这意味着这些行星也缺乏保护地表生物免受紫外线辐射的臭氧层。

In 1995 the Galileo spacecraft captured data about Jupiter's atmosphere—namely, the absence of most of the predicted atmospheric water—that challenged prevailing theories about Jupiter's structure.

1995年，伽利略号宇宙飞船捕获了关于木星大气的数据——也就是说，大部分预测的大气中没有水——这挑战了关于木星结构的主流理论。

In 1995 the Galileo spacecraft captured data about Jupiter's atmosphere– namely, the absence of most of the predicted atmospheric water–that challenged prevailing theories about Jupiter's structure.

1995年，伽利略号太空船捕获了关于木星大气层的数据——也就是说，大部分预测的大气中没有水——这挑战了关于木星结构的主流理论。

These snakes died in a few days' time because of the heat and the absence of trees.

由于天气炎热，又没有树荫遮蔽，这些蛇在几天内就死了。

They are very abundant because of the absence of the jaguar, which causes imbalances in the ecosystem.

因为没有美洲虎，它们非常丰富，这导致了生态系统的不平衡。

"In the absence of this species, ecosystems stop working well and may even collapse," Di Martino says.

“如果没有这一物种，生态系统就无法正常运转，甚至可能崩溃。”迪·马蒂诺说。

Red leaves only satisfy in the absence of greens.

只有没有绿叶时，红叶才令人满意。

Scratching by itself—that is, in the absence of an itch—had no such effect.

抓挠本身——即不养时——并无这样的效果。

In the absence of such laws, the states have actually taken action over the past 5 to 10 years.

在这种法律空缺的情况下，各个州在过去的五到十年间已经采取了行动。

As the Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu is reported to have said: "Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness."

正如中国哲学家庄子曾说过：“无为诚乐。”