Absence
Absence diminishes [降低] small passions and increases great ones, just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
离别减弱微弱的热情,增强炽热的激情,就象风吹灭蜡烛,旺盛篝火一样。
I was court-martialed [军事法庭] in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence. So I said, right, you can shoot me in my absence as well.
军事法庭缺席审判我,缺席判我死刑。我说,好吧,你们也可以缺席处死我。
注:他好象生气了。
What is better than the presence of mind in a railway accident? The absence of body.
火车发生事故时什么比镇定自若还好?人不在现场。
注:presence of mind镇定自若;absence of body人不在现场