They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.
他们并不满足于那些美好未来的空话。
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday-but never jam today.
明天有果酱，昨天有果酱，就是今天没有果酱。
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday — But never jam today.
明日有果酱，昨日有果酱——但是今日没有果酱。
We hope the car he promised to buy is not a jam tomorrow.
明天我希望他答应买的车不是一瓶果酱。
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday-but never jam today.
规则是，明天有果酱，昨天有果酱，但今天永远不会有果酱。
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday—but never jam today.
规则是，明天有果酱，昨天有果酱，但今天永远不会有果酱。（意即：永远也不会有）
To get promoted by the end of the year is only jam tomorrow for him.
年底升职对他来说只不过是兑现不了的许诺。
To get promoted by the end of the age is only jam tomorrow for him.
年底升职对他来说只不过是兑现不了的许诺。
And it bodes ill for financial markets, since neither Europe’s sticking-plaster approach to the euro nor America’s “jam today, God knows what tomorrow” tactic with the deficit are sustainable.
同时也是金融市场恶化的一个迹象。因为不论是欧洲的“护创膏”式的手段还是美国“堵住现有缺口，其他的以后再说”的策略都不是抵御财政赤字的长久之计。
And it bodes ill for financial markets, since neither Europe’s sticking-plaster approach to the euro nor America’s “jam today, God knows what tomorrow” tactic with the deficit are sustainable.
同时也是金融市场恶化的一个迹象。因为不论是欧洲的“护创膏”式的手段还是美国“堵住现有缺口，其他的以后再说”的策略都不是抵御财政赤字的长久之计。
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