A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
承诺
Promise
You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again.
你可能已经注意到我穿得像个大人……我向学院道歉，我保证我再也不会这样做了。
Promise me you'll leave the light on. To help me see daylight, my guide, gone. 'Cause I believe there's a way. You can love me because I say.
答应我你不关灯。为了让我看到阳光，我的向导走了。因为我相信有办法。你可以爱我，因为我说。
You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.
你不能以保护自己或树立榜样为代价，用已知的违反先前承诺的人来代替一个接一个的承诺。
What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises.
这个国家通常发生的情况是，我们的政客没有很好地为我们服务，因为他们不讲真话，不信守诺言。
After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.
经过一个世纪的努力，经过一年的辩论，经过一次历史性的投票，医疗改革不再是一个没有兑现的承诺。这是国家的法律。
There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on.
你做出的某些承诺比法庭上发生的任何事情都要神圣，我不在乎你把你的手放在多少本圣经上。
We were not fathers also to convey the promise, as Abraham was; nor although the promise, as collectively taken, had belonged to us, as to Abraham it did.
我们原不是亚伯拉罕的祖宗，也不是要传这应许的。这应许本是属于我们的，却不像亚伯拉罕的。
I beg you to look at the promising boys and beautiful girls in your homes and in your communities, and then you will not put these temptations in their way.
我请求你们看看你们的家庭和社区里有前途的男孩和漂亮的女孩，然后你们就不会把这些诱惑放在他们的面前。
And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant.
所以亚当在他对夏娃的演讲中，表达了他对她的后裔对她所做的承诺的信心，因此在这方面，亚当自己是在她的契约下进来的。
I also believe our country made a promise to veterans and their families. Veterans have kept their end of the bargain, and now, the VA is looking to pull out the rug.
我也相信我们的国家对退伍军人和他们的家人做出了承诺。退伍军人遵守了他们的承诺，现在退伍军人管理局正打算撤资。
Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
共同努力，我们可以创造一个真正和平的世界;每个人都能在其中茁壮成长;在这个世纪里，所有人都享有我们这个世纪的希望。我相信我们能成功。
Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry.
爱是免费的;承诺永远爱同一个女人并不比承诺相信同一个信条更荒谬;在这两种情况下，这样的誓言把我们排除在一切调查之外。
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My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.
我的强项，如果我有一个强项，就是表现。我做的总是比说的多。我总是做得比我承诺的要多。
I never promise anything. I don't promise anything to my mum. I don't promise anything to the supporters.
我从不做任何承诺。我什么也不答应我妈妈。我不向支持者做出任何承诺。
I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs.
我愿意亲吻一只青蛙，即使没有白马王子从里面跳出来的承诺。我喜欢青蛙。
Don’t promise me the moon or the stars just promise you’ll stay under them with me forever.
不要答应我月亮或星星，只要答应你会永远和我在一起。
Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.
魔术:让人们消失，让他们履行他们的承诺。
Love is promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
爱是承诺，爱是纪念品，一旦给了就永远不会忘记，永远不会让它消失。