Carrie thought of Hurstwood. Never before had she neglected dinner without an excuse.

嘉莉想到了赫斯渥。以前她从来没有无缘无故就不回家吃晚饭的。

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The trick here is to see productivity as a way to compress the time required to meet our goals without using it as an excuse for endlessly doing more.

这儿的骗局是看到了生产力作为一种压缩时间的途径来满足我们的目标，而不是使用它作为借口来做越来越多数不完的事。

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The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. ( J. Renard )

唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。

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But in general, it allows voters to cast ballots in person before Election Day using either voting machines or so-called absentee ballots -- without having to provide an excuse.

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Mr Paxton is alive to the complexities of politics without for once making them an excuse to avoid clear judgments.

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Recent legislation - which is governed across the UK by the Home Office - made it an offence to possess an airgun in a public place without reasonable excuse such as vermin control near farms.

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