Then again, in crises of this magnitude, promises sometimes get broken.

再说，在这么大规模的危机中，承诺有时一文不值。

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It is desperate to distract attention from the fact that it has broken some of its promises.

分散对于他违背了一些竞选承诺这一事实的注意力令人失望。

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Friday will see one of Mr Obama's election promises broken with the expiration of his self-imposed deadline for the closing of guantanamo Bay.

周五，我们还将会见证奥巴马先生在一项竞选承诺上食言，因为他自己施加的关闭关塔那摩监狱的最后期限即将到期。

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But, mindful of a trail of broken promises by recent Argentine governments, the Fund refuses to budge until its long list of preconditions is met.

ECONOMIST: Argentina

But decades of resentment over broken promises of greater autonomy and fairer distribution of the cash from Papua's enormous natural resources still simmer.

ECONOMIST: Why Australia and Indonesia have fallen out over poor Papua

Without effective strategies to deliver on the promises that led to expectations, speeches leave a trail of broken promises and unfulfilled hopes.

FORBES: Mr. President: Speeches Are Not Plans -- or Strategies