The Promise

No matter how exhausted you are at your nine-to-five, the promise of two full days set aside for socializing, sleeping in, and brunching in the afternoon always looms on the horizon.

无论你朝九晚五有多劳累，都保证能匀出两整天时间参与社交、睡个懒觉、下午的时候早餐午餐并作一顿，而这正有愈演愈烈之势。

Before giving evidence, witnesses in court have to take the oath (= promise to tell the truth) .

作证之前，证人必须当庭宣誓据实作证。

Mind, I count on your keeping the promise.

听着，我指望你信守诺言。

The promise of a cure — the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow — often makes sensible people do irrational things.

找到一种治愈方法的希望——就如同永远够不到的一桶黄金——往往让理智的人们做出不理智的事情。

At seventeen the promise of Noelle's early beauty had been more than fulifilled.

十七岁时,萝爱拉就出落得更加尽善尽美了.

Koenigsegg announced last month that Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co had joined its consortium with the promise of 275m of investment and a deal to expand the Saab brand in China.

科尼赛克上月宣布，北汽控股（BAIC）已加入其收购财团，承诺投资2.75亿欧元，并签署一项协议，在中国推广萨博品牌。

The post-modernism revolt against The Promise has its paradox too.

对《无极》的后现代反叛同样存在悖论.

That is the promise and that is the unshakable destiny.

现在,由港人治港,那是诺言,是不可动摇的命运.

I'm not impressed by the promise of tax cuts against the backcloth of a public-spending deficit.

在公共开支出现赤字的情况下承诺减税让我不以为然。

He forced the promise from me.

他迫使我作出这一允诺.

The promise of some basic working rights draws murmurs of approval...

对一些基本工作权利的承诺引来一片低声的赞许。

The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money.

高额利润的许诺诱使他把钱出了手。

I pledged myself to fulfil the promise I had made.

我保证实践自己的诺言.

It was the promise of better job opportunities versus the inconvenience of moving away and leaving her friends.

那是她较好的就业前景与搬走并远离朋友的不便之间的矛盾。

This will all come out in the wash—I promise you.

一切终会真相大白的——我向你保证。

the promise of eternal life in heaven

在天国永生的许诺

'I give the promise,'said the Doctor ,'without any condition.

“ 我答应, ” 医生说, “ 无条件答应.

Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

科学家和工程师很久以前就开始相信电池具有能改变世界的可能性。

The promise ３ days strung out to ６ weeks.

原先答应三天,结果延长到六个星期之久.

I promise I am in this for the long haul.

我保证我会坚持到底。

From acquaintance , mutual understanding, to the promise of life.

从认识 、 了解 、 相爱,直到承诺一生一世.

I should not have believed the promise of the boss.

我本不该相信老板的承诺.

We know the promise is there — this is a well-grounded, talented, warm-hearted group of youngsters.

我们知道有希望——这群年轻人有坚实的基础、卓越的天赋和助人的热心。

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，一个对未来奖品的承诺足以使成年人选择小份食品。

We must peg them down to the promise.

我们一定要他们遵守诺言.

They absolved her from the promise.

他们不再坚持要她履行诺言.

He made the promise quite voluntarily.

他自己答应的.

They also pray that, this time, the promise will be fulfilled.

他们同样祈祷这一次愿望能够得以实现.

Basing on the promise we have made when entering WTO, the author makes an analysis of the significance of making use of the regulations of WTO and domestic law to promote market opening and to face the challenge.

结合我国在加入WTO时对会计服务业的承诺，本文分析了我国应如何利用WTO的有关规定和国内立法来扩大会计服务市场开放带来的积极效应，并应对挑战。

But the promise turned out to be an empty one.

但这些承诺到头来只是一张空头支票.