If you recognize some capacity, you will see the world in a particular way. so we must assume a certain degree of commitment, responsibilities and obligations.

认同某种身份，便决定了以某种特定的方式看世界，为此必须承担一定的承诺、责任和义务。

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The trend to co-habitation rather than marriage also means many women are unwilling to have children while they are uncertain about the degree of commitment of their partner.

伴侣间越来越多地选择同居而非结婚，这一趋势也意味著许多女性在不能确定伴侣的忠实程度时不愿意生小孩。

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The degree of commitment the nation should make to natural gas as a strategic resource (accepting but managing the impact of development), is very much a function of the size of the prize.

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But the past 20 years have required an extra degree of commitment from them because of the increased likelihood that they may have to leave their businesses for a deployment, possibly more than once.

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The nature of mainstream political and media discourse in Germany right now is not redolent of a nation ready to make that degree of financial commitment in the interests of eurozone cohesion.

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