"Standing on the steps of the Capitol will be a man whose story reflects the enduring promise of our land.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

It's a disillusioned and self-consciously ironic promise of salvation, of wholeness.

这是一种幻想破灭的，不自然的，讽刺的,拯救和完整的希望。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

For now,however, the method offers the promise of making a map of asbestos easier and faster than earlier ways.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

But it's still a promise, and it's a promise of the powers of imagination and of poetry, and of poetry made out of play, of a child's play.

但始终还是一个希望，一个想象力和诗歌伟大力量的希望，这些诗是从玩中来的，从孩子们的玩耍中。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Yet before this week, there were signs of promise of better times ahead for its nine million people.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

Despite God's promise of land and blessing, things don't look so good at the end of Genesis.

尽管有了上帝的许诺和庇佑，事情在《创世纪》末并不尽善尽美。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The administration has had limited success with its promise of seventy-five billion dollars to help struggling homeowners.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

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

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

For example, a program called Pittsburgh Promise offers college scholarships for graduates of the city public schools.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

It just holds out the promise of an explanation.

它只是承诺给出一个解释

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He spoke about the importance and the promise of America's new position in the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

It consists of a promise to pay, usually denominated in currency, and there are both long-term and short-term debt instruments.

是一种付款承诺,通常是货币支付形式,有长期债券,以及短期债券

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But the prime minister campaigned on a promise of a "more equal" relationship.

VOA: special.2009.11.21

Well what can you do? Well you can promise miracles, there's very little control over these sorts of things, you can distort the science, you can lie about what you do and nobody will come after you.

那么你会做什么呢,你可以承诺奇迹,这很难给予控制,你可以歪曲科学,你可以说谎,隐瞒你的作为,也没有人会找你麻烦

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The season also brings the promise of new love.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

For Indonesians, he says the U.S.President remains a symbol of America's promise of inclusion and equality.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Baswedan says the personal affection Indonesians hold for President Obama and the United States will not last if he does not deliver on his promise of change.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

In answer to the promise of the Bishop's heavenly mansion in another life, she claims another sort of house, what she calls love's mansion which is noble itself and which is to be lived here on earth.

在回答主教许诺的在另一个世界,生活在天国的大厦时,她提出另一种房子，称之为爱之屋,那房子自身是高贵的,是在现世存在也可居住的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Thus began the modern space age and the promise of future space exploration.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

He tried to intimidate us too much with his promise of impossible grading so that everyone took the class credit/D/fail, when we all probably ended up with As or Bs.

他经常试着吓唬我们,通过他承诺的不可能的分数等级,所以每个人都虔诚的来上课/D/不及格，当我们几乎都已As或Bs结束时。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The promise of the concessional loans further China's investment in the continent, aimed at improving such infrastructure as roads and energy production as well as developing agriculture and undertaking health and education initiatives.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"that are against this move-are asking is this, 'How do we know that the Americans and the West are basically going to let the Russians live up to their promise of giving the uranium back?

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The metropolis, well, it's a place of ambivalence, a place of promise and of threat, of exultation and also of dread.

都市是一个自相矛盾的地方，既有希望，又有威胁，喜悦与恐惧相伴而存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It expresses appreciation for Iran's "promise of continued assistance" but urges President Obama and U.S.allies to raise the case at every opportunity, "notwithstanding other serious disagreements with Iran over its nuclear program and other issues".

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

The covenant also entails God's promise to restore the rhythm of life and nature and never again to destroy the earth.

诺亚之约，使上帝必须信守自己的诺言,重新恢复人类和自然的秩序，永远不能再毁坏。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So, the goldsmith would sign his name on it saying, I promise to give so many ounces of gold.

所以这个金匠会在票据上签名,保证归还多少盎司的金子

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选