But, and this is not-- to make good on a promissory note I offered earlier.
但这并不能帮我自圆其说。
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Now, mind you, that's not yet to offer the physical explanation; it's just a promissory note.
注意 这还不是一个物理主义的解释这只是一张期票。
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I will make promissory commitment now for your help.
为了您的帮助,我现在做出承诺。
耶鲁大学公开课:心理学导论
Here is a promissory note we started with at the beginning of this semester.
这是我们从本学期初开始的期票。
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It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.
今天很明显,就她的有色人种公民而言,美国已经拖欠了这张期票。
国富论(二)
The banks, when their customers apply to them for money, generally advance it to them in their own promissory notes.
当客户向银行申请贷款时,银行通常会用自己的期票将款项预付给银行。
著名历史人物传记
The two moved on to St. Louis where Holmes bought a drug store for a down payment of $50 and promissory notes that were completely worthless.
二人去了圣路易斯,在那里,贺姆斯买下了一家药店,定金是50美元,而本票则不值一点钱。
国富论(二)
An act of parliament, accordingly, declared all such clauses unlawful, and suppressed, in the same manner as in Scotland, all promissory notes, payable to the bearer, under 20s.
When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun promise means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something. As a verb it means to commit oneself by a promise to do or give. It can also mean a capacity for good, similar to a value that is to be realized in the near future.