She says the girl has perhaps already been promised in marriage, so her family does not want her to be stigmatized by the community.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

And this embarrassing episode is just the beginning of a sequence of embarrassing events that will occur as the Israelites move from Egypt towards the land that's been promised to them.

这令人尴尬的一幕只是,一系列尴尬事件的开始,这些都将发生在他们从埃及到应许之地的路上。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

We want to note something about the particular people who inhabit this dinner party that Socrates and Glaucon have been promised.

我们想要点出,一些特别突出的人物,他们存在于,苏格拉底及，Glaucon，受邀的晚宴之中。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The farmer who had promised to take care of the farm while her husband was away had been lazy and dishonest.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

He wakes onto the morning and he realizes that the armies of the night are the armies of light and that he's in the company, he's been seized into the company of people who wander on the road forever and yet find this need that's promised forever.

清晨，他醒来，意识到,昨晚的人群其实是光明的使者,而他正是其中一员，他变成了跟他们一样的人,这些人一直在流浪,尽管如此，他们仍然信仰上帝。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

India,along with China, has been lobbying for larger representation in the IMF, and has promised to augment its resources for lending to developing countries.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Mr.Brown reiterated the number of helicopters has been increased by more than 60 percent during the past two years, but he promised more helicopters by the end of 2009.

VOA: standard.2009.07.22

U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been in talks with AIG Chief Executive Edward Liddy to limit the millions of dollars worth of bonuses promised to employees, including some who worked in the financial product unit responsible for bringing the company to the brink of collapse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15