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Promise
 日常會(huì)話中常聽(tīng)到的promise,其語(yǔ)源的拉丁文意為:To send before,頗有:話說(shuō)在前面,或者有約在前之意。作名詞用有兩解,是常用的表現(xiàn)。約定、諾言,和動(dòng)詞連用時(shí)可以表示“實(shí)踐諾言”(to honor one's promise, to carry out one's promise)。

“遵守約定”(to keep promise),不遵守約定或有違諾言則為to break one's promise, to violate one's promise或者to withdraw one's promise。如果前加形容詞,被破壞、不遵守的諾言是a broken promise;空洞的諾言:a hollow promise;書面諾言:a written promise;公正的約定:a fair promise。

One must be bound by one's promise(君子一諾千金),這是中國(guó)人的傳統(tǒng)美德,“一諾”就是a verbal promise,不必有什么written promise。從來(lái)中國(guó)做大生意或者小買賣的,都重此一諾。此一諾也可說(shuō)是an absolute promise,往往無(wú)任何條件。

(摘自《聯(lián)合早報(bào)》)
 
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