“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
— Nelson Mandela, Civil Rights Leader
「我学到勇气不是没有恐惧,而是战胜它。勇敢的人不是不感到害怕的人,而是征服恐惧的人。」– 纳尔逊‧曼德拉 (前南非总统)
absence (n.) 缺少,缺乏。例:In the absence of any evidence, the police had to let the suspect go. (在缺乏证据的情况下,警察得让嫌疑犯走。)