The lack of bidders could indicate that market strains are easing, and that the mere promise of a lifeline was enough.

缺乏竞标者能表明这个市场趋于缓和，并且仅仅许诺生存线就足够了。

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The mere promise of action at long last has greatly lifted the vibrations on Earth, and we do not want you to lose that excitement and energy of anticipation.

终于仅仅行动的许诺已经大大地提升了地球上的振动，我们不想你们失去那希望的兴奋和能量。

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there was a parliamentary enquiry into the issue in 2006 and a promise, this year, to begin widening citizenship, initially to a mere 2,000 people.

2006年科威特国民议会就此议题进行了质询，并承诺今年开始放宽公民权——不过开始仅仅授予2000人。

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The mere promise that British troops would defend the young government of Sierra Leone, for example, discourages rebels from attacking it.

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It seems a safe bet that its flaws, palpable though they are, will prove to be mere bumps in the straight road of promise down which Ms. Herzog is traveling.

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