诺言

At which point, all V needs to do is keep his word.

到那时，V所需要做的不过是恪守他的诺言而已

Pierre's old promise to remain a bachelor dissipated quickly.

于是，皮埃尔的原来要想成为一个单身汉的诺言很快地消散了。

Therefore, we see it has done wonders, in popular states; but with senates and princes less; and more ever upon the first entrance of bold persons into action than soon after, for boldness is an ill keeper of promise.

所以我们看见，这种勇敢在大众的（ popular 或意译&民主的&）国家里创造奇迹，但在君主立宪的（或直译&有议会与君主的&）国家较少作为；这种勇士刚进入角色就有成就，但很快就失败；因为勇敢最不能保证诺言。

Sacraments are the instruments used by God to confirm the word of his promise to those who believe.

圣礼是文书使用的上帝，以确认的话，他的诺言那些谁相信。

He remembered his deposit in the Western Savings Band and Roti's promise to repay.

他想起他在西方储蓄银行的存款和罗迪还债的诺言。

Like every other presidency, the Obama administration will have its battles with the media, but that may seem like patty-cake if it runs afoul of the self-publishing, self-organizing democracy it helped create — say, by delaying health care legislation or breaking a promise on taxes.

就像所有其他总统一样，奥巴马政府将和媒体展开斗争，但如果他和他所帮助创建，同时也是自己所公布的，自己所组织的民主相冲突——比如说拖延卫生保健的立法或违背税收方面的诺言，这可能像是玩拍手游戏。

These are reminders to you of what we have promised.

这是我们的诺言的提示。

Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

现在是实现民主的诺言的时候。

The problem is that the modern woman is a prostitute who doesn't deliver the goods. Teasers are never pleasers; they greedily accept presents to seal a contract and then break it.

问题的关键在于，现代女性都是些不拿出真货色的妓女，她们都是调情高手，可从来都不能让我们满意；她们贪婪地索取礼物，给予承诺，然后又打破诺言，最后让我们人财两空。

We then appealed to you to undo this race segregation in accord with your duty as president and with your pre-election pledges.

我们曾向你呼吁，要求你履行总统职责，实践你当选前的诺言，结束这种种族隔离。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。