He said new Security Council sanctions approved in June make clear that international law is not an empty promise.

VOA: special.2010.09.25

The first is, that while God's promise is sure, the manner and the timing of its fulfillment is quite unpredictable.

首先是，上帝的承诺是确定无疑的，但实现的方法和时机却都是不可知的。

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So yet another threat to the promise is overcome: threat of famine is overcome by the relocation to Egypt.

因此，另一个对承诺的威胁被克服了：,迁移至埃及克服了饥荒的威胁。

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And when the system fails, it is my responsibility." President Obama campaigned on a promise of "change we can believe in."

VOA: special.2010.01.23

So it is my promise to you and it is the huge staff's promise to you that we will absolutely get you through this course and you will have a good time doing so.

所以我对你们承诺，也是所有教员的承诺：,你们绝对能够通过这门课程,并且在课程中度过一个愉快的时光。

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A resolution is a promise to change or do something different in the coming year.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

And I promise, this is the last quantum number that we'll be introducing.

我向你们保证，这是我们最后遇到的一个量子数。

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I promise that what I have told you today is true C cross my heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Suppose you are a naive investor and you say, okay I'm going to invest in companies' paper, which is their promise to pay --their IOU.

假如你是一个菜鸟投资者,想投资于这些公司的债券,债券就是他们的偿还凭证或者说欠条

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"The world must stand together to demonstrate that international law is not an empty promise."

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

You may choose to embrace dualism, reject the idea that the brain is responsible for mental life, and reject the promise of a scientific psychology.

你也可以选择身心二元论,拒绝承认大脑引起心理活动,看低科学心理学的前景

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The biggest challenge the Obama Administration faces in keeping that promise is finding a way to involve all Islamist movements in the process, according to Reza Aslan, a University of California associate professor of religion.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

That's something physicalist or dualist can say but and this is not of--to make a good promise they offered earlier, it's not the only view available to physicalists, or for that matter dualists.

物理主义学者或二元论者都可认同,这个观点，但如同他们之前提到的,这并不是物理主义学者眼中,唯一存在的理论，二元论者也是如此。

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So,I guess it hits the right tone in that it is a promise that US policy in the Middle East and in the peace process, President Obama will try to do his best in the future,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

All Milton has at the beginning of his poetic career is the promise of greatness, the anticipation of a luminous body of English poetry.

弥尔顿在诗歌生涯开始的时候只有,上帝传达给他必将伟大的希望，和必将成为英语诗人中最耀眼的人物的预期。

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That is a promise that I make to you,". The president did not specifically mention Afghanistan in his talk to the troops, but he is expected to send thousands more service members to fight there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

What Milton is primarily interested in in his Nativity Ode is the redemption, the promise of what Christ's Nativity will do at some future point for mankind.

弥尔顿在基督诞生颂歌里最感兴趣的是,救赎，基督诞生后在将来,在将来能为人类做些什么。

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"It is a promise that as long as I am your Commander in Chief, I will only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, and with the strategy, the well-defined goals, the equipment and the support you need to get the job done,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

And we're going to begin with the story of Terah and his family. This is a story that's marked by the themes of divine command and divine promise.

我们将从他拉和他家族的故事开始,这段故事的主题是神的命定和应许。

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"I was initially surprised by the news, because I usually expect older people, with longer experience in the peace process, but I took President Obama's winning of the prize as a promise for the future, as much as it is for his approach in the past.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

In Genesis 15,God's promise to Abraham is formalized in a ritual ceremony.

创世纪》15中上帝对亚伯拉罕的应许是通过仪式起效的。

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When I say that the Israeli government is making an unprecedented offer even though it is not what many would hope for and even though our position remains the same that settlement activity is not legitimate - nevertheless it holds out the promise of moving a step closer to a two-state solution,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

That is, promise that they will do well-- you see this all the time.

例如他们承诺能够获得高额收益率,你时常能听到这种论调

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promise it gets more interesting, zero. So why is this germane?

这挺有趣，为什么这个很重要呢？

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And your roommate says, "Inside the envelope are facts about this milkshake that if--I promise you it is indeed the case-- if you knew these facts, " you would not drink the milkshake anymore."

而你的室友说，“在信封里面是关于奶昔的事实,如果，我保证里面是事实-,你知道了这些事实，你就不会再喝奶昔了“

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We're going to look at one example of an episode in which the promise is affirmed--or confirmed, reaffirmed--and an example of an episode in which the promise is supremely threatened.

我们来看一个应许被声明的例子,-或者是被确认，被重申--和一个应许,遭受极度威胁的例子。

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Does he fully intend to obey this command, to annul the covenantal promise with his own hand? Or does he trust in God to intervene? Or is this a paradox of faith? Does Abraham intend faithfully to obey, all the while trusting faithfully that God's promise will nevertheless be fulfilled?

他是否完全打算遵守这个命令，亲手废止,契约的应许？或者，他信任上帝的干涉吗？又或者,这是个信仰的悖论吗？亚伯拉罕打算忠诚地服从，同时,忠实地相信即使如此上帝的应许也会实现吗？

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Yet despite the false starts, and the trials, and the years of famine, and the childlessness, and the infertility, the seed of Abraham survives, and the promise is reiterated: "I will go down myself with you to Egypt, and I myself will also bring you back."

但尽管有错误的开始，试验和多年饥荒，断子绝孙和贫瘠，亚伯拉罕的子孙还是得以幸免，许诺被重新申明：,“我要和你同下埃及去，也必定带你上来“

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But the problem of one's being called to be a great poet is that one may have an inkling or some sense of a promise of future greatness but nothing really to show for it yet.

但是一个人被召唤去变成伟大诗人的问题在于,他可能会有一丝感觉他将来必定是伟大的,但还没有什么能够真正表明这一切。

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