Having an investment portfolio that promises a very high rate of return is no use if you cannot sell all or part of it when you need the money 若需要现金周转时无法将所有或部分投资出售套现，即使投资组合的潜在回报很高，也于事无补。
Around thirty patients with advanced cancer are to recieve a drug that promises to kill tumour cells with minimal harm to healthy tissue 大约有30名晚期癌症患者将接受一种药物的治疗，此药物在杀死肿瘤细胞的同时，对健康组织的损伤极小。
Dark chocolate has a new reputation as a health food and beauty aid , showing up in products that promise to soften skin and smooth wrinkles 黑巧克力又有了新功能:健康食品和美容帮手.它开始被用于一些美容产品中,据说能软化皮肤、抚平皱纹
Carry me lord , carry me through these toughest darkest days and lead me through the valleys into that promised land that you have for me . dear god , you are good 主，抱起我，抱起我走过这最黑暗的岁月，引领我穿过幽谷，进入您为我预备的应许地
Id spend weeks perfecting a script to automate some development or administration activity that promised to make my job - and my companys - life easier 我曾经花费了几个星期来完善一个实现开发和管理操作的脚本，这可以简化我的（以及我公司的）工作生活。
This raises two broad questions . how gravely will the economy suffer ? and what will become of the financial innovation that promised so much , but has proved so treacherous 这引发了两个普遍性问题。经济会受到多大的冲击？令人大失所望的金融创新将何去何从？
The end of may brought a vivid illustration of that promise - - and a surge of unease at the prospect of releasing genetically engineered animals into the wild 5月末这个迷人的前景已经初见端倪，当然对于把转基因动物释放到大自然中去的结果人们还是颇感不安的。
