古巴的领导人总是在引诱西方人对古巴的自由化作出承诺，这只是为了逃避回到这个岛屿停滞的计划经济的事实。
CUBA's leaders have often tantalised Westerners with promises of liberalisation, only to retreat back into the island's stagnant planned economy.
但他们也设法让其他方付出了代价：希腊的私营部门债权人接受一项债券互换计划，在这项计划中他们最终得到的将比原来承诺给他们的要少。
But they extracted a price: Greece's private-sector creditors will accept a bond exchange that gives them less than originally promised.
2004年初，当安南开始统一塞岛的计划时，那个承诺让希族塞浦路斯领导人TassosPapadopoulos鼓励选民们唱反调。
When the Annan plan for unification was set out in early 2004, that promise allowed the Greek-Cypriot leader, Tassos Papadopoulos, to urge voters to reject it.
接受新职位时，菅直人承诺稳固财政状况，重塑增长。他计划在6月下旬公开具体政策。
In accepting his new job, Kan pledged to fix the fiscal situation and restore growth; he plans to unveil those policies later in June.
我相信大部分人都过自己太多不重要的任务或承诺，在这项计划中，他们白天或生活实在是没有多大帮助的。
I believe most people overload themselves with too many unimportant tasks or commitments, which in the scheme of their day or life is really of little benefit.
阿里巴巴还承诺投入3，000万美元推广旗下一个网站，并计划将其员工人数增加40%以上，达到17，000人，而当前其他公司都不得不裁员以节省成本。
The company has also committed $30 million to marketing one of its Web sites, and plans to expand its workforce by over 40% to 17,000, even as other companies have had to cut staff to save on costs.
阿里巴巴还承诺投入3，000万美元推广旗下一个网站，并计划将其员工人数增加40%以上，达到17，000人，而当前其他公司都不得不裁员以节省成本。
The company has also committed $30 million to marketing one of its Web sites, and plans to expand its workforce by over 40% to 17,000, even as other companies have had to cut staff to save on costs.
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