Even more interesting is that the promise of a future reward was enough to make adults choose the smaller portion.
更有趣的是，对未来奖励的承诺足以让成年人选择分量更小的套餐。
It is another thing to have a supply of trained talent that could let you carry out this promise.
拥有一批训练有素的人才从而可以让你履行这一承诺，这是另一回事。
That's because there is always a silent promise between us that says, "I am here and you are not alone."
那是因为我们之间总有一个沉默的承诺：“我在这里，你并不孤单。”
Likewise, the best thing a layperson can do if they find someone to be suicidal is to ask that person to promise not to harm themselves until professional help comes.
同样的，在一个普通人面对具有自杀倾向的病人时，最好的做法是请求对方保证在得到专业帮助前不要去伤害自己。
A standard mortgage-loan document reads, 'I promise to pay' the amount borrowed plus interest, and some people say that promise should remain good even if it is no longer convenient.
标准化的抵押贷款文件都有借款人“承诺”偿还所借款项及其利息的条款，一些人也认为，这样的承诺即使兑现起来不再容易，也还是不应该违背。
Closing this gap is one promise of nanotechnology, a promise that has been hyped for many years.
消除这个鸿沟是纳米技术多年来让我们为之兴奋鼓舞的许诺。
Ireland, by contrast, is a high-productivity, low-spending country that got in trouble from a foolish promise to back the debt of its bloated Banks.
相反，爱尔兰是一个具有高生产力而低支出的国家，而它则因为一个为其负债臃肿的银行进行还债的愚蠢承诺而陷入了麻烦。
A SOA that is too technology focused is unlikely to deliver on that promise since they will not show value in terms business people want to see it.
一种过于重视技术的SOA是不可能实现该承诺的，因为它们不会显示出业务人员希望看到的价值。
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。
God isn't asking you to make a promise that you can't keep.He is asking you to receive a promise that only he can keep.
神不会要你信守你办不到的应许，他要你接受只有他才能信守的应许。
But if ln were aliased with li, then it would break the type-safety promise implicit in the definition of li — that it is a list of integers, which is why generic types cannot be covariant.
但是如果ln是li的别名，那么这就破坏了蕴含在li定义中的类型安全承诺——它是一个整数列表，这就是泛型类型不能协变的原因。
Perhaps most significant is the promise that Firefox for Android and Maemo, currently in beta, will be released in a few months.
最有意义的大概是当前处于beta版的Android和Maemo 下的Firfox即将在几个月后发行的承诺。
Johanna tells a story of company whose sales staff promise additional reports with understanding that this is exactly what the team doesn't need.
Johanna讲了一个公司的故事，这个公司的销售人员很清楚他们的开发团队不需要做什么，但却向客户承诺了太多的东西。
To maintain a consistent message that finding bugs is good, management must promise that defect densities will never be used in performance reports.
为了维持检查缺陷是积极的这样一种理念，管理人员必须要承诺缺陷密度不会进入到性能报告之中。
But before you come to the conclusion that keeping the self-perpetuating fire of fame burning is, in itself, a skill, I promise you that it is not. Anybody can do it.
如果你觉得，从根本上来说，一个人持续保持自己的知名度总是需要点才能，那么稍等，我向你保证，这不是真的，是个人都可以。
But with a DB pension the employer is making a promise that becomes more valuable with pay and experience.
但是，实行确定给付计划的雇主作出的承诺附带有薪水和经验时，会更有价值。
The name is a reminder of my saved past and a promise for the future, and I hope one day Emily will see that as well.
这个名字能够让我想起被关爱的过去，让我对未来充满希望，我希望有一天艾米丽也会感受到。
A side benefit of a USP like this is that it compels the firm's employees to try that bit harder to achieve the promise.
这种独特销售主张的一个良好的副作用就是，可以激发员工的最大热情去努力达到这一主张。
Fad diets may promise you that avoiding carbs or eating a mountain of grapefruit is the secret to weight loss, but it's really all about calories.
流行的节食食谱也许能让你远离碳水化合物，吃一大堆葡萄柚也是减肥的秘方之一，而这些之所以有效，全部与卡路里密切相关。
Their promise is that wherever clients want to do business, they will deal with a seamless entity.
他们保证无论客户要求什么样的业务，他们都会马不停蹄得一气呵成。
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。
In my opinion, there is nothing stay the same in the world, and the love is not the feelings that can by ringed by a ring, not a promise can ensure the ageing together by getting married.
我觉得这个世界上没有什么是一成不变的，爱情不是一个戒指就能套住一生的情感，不是一句海誓山盟就确保了执子之手与子偕老。
Wildlife documentaries come with the promise that what you're seeing and hearing is genuine - but that's not always the case, according to a new book by a veteran environmental filmmaker.
野生动物纪录片坚称你在片中的所见所闻都是真实的，但据一位资深环境纪录片工作者在新书中写道，事实并非总是如此。
But the promise and the agreement with the star beings and the councils is that it will be done in a peaceful manner because otherwise it simply is adding to the old paradigm.
而是许诺和对星际兄弟姐妹及议会的接受会以和平方式完成，否则那只是简单地回到过去的模式中去了。
The key to that success is the guarantee that investors will be repaid even if borrowers default - a promise ultimately backed by taxpayers.
这些能成立的关键因素是：甚至在借款者违约的情况下，投资者都能得到款项偿还的保证——最终转嫁到纳税人身上的保证。
It is time to soften the economic pressure and negotiate a detailed promise of statehood that Mr Abbas can take to his people.
是时候放松经济压力以及就建国承诺细节进行谈判了，这样阿巴斯先生也好带着这个承诺回去给他的国民一个交待。
It is time to soften the economic pressure and negotiate a detailed promise of statehood that Mr Abbas can take to his people.
是时候放松经济压力以及就建国承诺细节进行谈判了，这样阿巴斯先生也好带着这个承诺回去给他的国民一个交待。
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