In all the colonies, the clergy, at least in the beginning, formed the only class with any leisure to devote to matters of the spirit.

在所有的殖民地中， 神职人员，至少在开始的时候，形成了唯一有闲暇来致力于精神事务的阶级。

The foundation into which he poured much of his Microsoft fortune took AIDS seriously from the beginning, forming a particularly fruitful partnership with the government of Botswana, one of the worst-affected countries.

他起初就对艾滋病十分重视，创立了艾滋病基金，并将微软财富大量注入其中，与艾滋病重灾国家之一的博茨瓦纳政府形成了卓有成效的合作。