A promissory note is an instrument issued and signed by the issuer promising to unconditionally pay the payee or bearer a set sum of money when the note is presented.

本票是出票人签发的，承诺自己在见票时无条件支付确定的金额给收款人或者持 票人的票据。

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All is not lost, and there are strong reasons to believe that Kenyans will surmount the current political crisis and put the country back on its promising track.

但是希望并没有完全失去，我们有很大的理由相信肯尼亚能够战胜目前的政治危机并且把这个国家重新推回到有希望的轨道上来。

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Organizers should abide by the laws and regulations of China strictly, keep to their promises, lay stress on services and take charges reasonably.

组展单位应严格遵守我我国的法律、法规，信守承诺，注重服务，合理收费。

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Regardless of whether Obama can deliver on his promises, America will not regain the stature it had between 1941 and 2000.

不论奥巴马是否能够实现他的诺言，美国都不会重新获得其在1941-2000年间所拥有的地位。

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The license for the export of dual-use nuclear facilities and related technologies shall be based on the following promises on the part of the recipient party:

核两用品及相关技术出口的许可，应当基于接受方的如下保证：

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Demands in the nature of unliquidated damages arising otherwise than by reason of a contract, tort, promise or breach of trust shall not be provable in bankruptcy.

性质属于未经算定损害赔偿的要求，而又并非因合约、侵权行为、许诺或违反信托而引起 者，不得在破产案中予以证明。

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But the Islamic mainstream must first realize the importance of democratic reform, which is possible only by clearly understanding the Prophet’s message, which promises genuine solutions for every time and place.

但是伊斯兰主流派必须首先认识到民主改革的重要性，而这只有在清晰地理解了先知的启示后才有可能。先知的启示保证随时随地都提供真正的解决方案。

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For example, Sarkozy has promised that half of the savings from the reduction in public employment will go to higher pay – possibly based on merit, another red line for the trade unions.

例如，萨尔科奇保证，减少公务员节省下来的钱的一半将会用于提高工资，而涨工资有可能根据业绩才能，这对于工会而言又是一条红线。

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Our breakfast table was cleared early, and Holmes waited in his dressing-gown for the promised interview.

我们的早餐桌很早就收拾干净了，福尔摩斯穿着睡衣等候着约定的拜会。

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

This is the only path that promises both less corruption and more economic growth.

这是唯一 可以保证减少腐败以及更多经济增长的途径。

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any agreement, arrangement, understanding, promise or undertaking, whether express or implied, and whether or not enforceable or intended to be enforceable, by legal proceedings; and

任何协议、安排、谅解、许诺或承诺，不论是明示或隐含的，亦不论是否可藉法律程序予以强制执行或是否意图可藉法律程序予以强制执行的；及

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 03.10.2011

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making false promises to the client for the purpose of soliciting business;

为争揽业务，向委托人作虚假承诺的；

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The anti-inflation hawks in Frankfurt are not at all happy with Bernanke’s aggressive 50 basis point cut and the promise of more to come.

欧洲央行内的反通胀强硬人士对于伯南克大幅降息50个基点以及再度降息的保证一点也不高兴。

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Because the first respondent promised several times to make payment but still delayed to do so, the claimant and the second respondent decided to jointly entrusted Beijing Kangda law firm to claim this fund.

由于第一被申请人数次承诺付款但又拖延不付，申请人和第二被申请人决定共同委托北京康达 律师事务所进行追讨。

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Yet the Sudanese government never follows through on its repeated promises to do so.

但是苏丹政府从来都没有履行其多次作出的遵照执行的诺言。

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