Humans prefer jam today to jam tomorrow.

比起明天的空头支票，人类更喜欢今天的金白银。

There is no plan; it is a blank check.

现在没有计划，还是张空头支票。

Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through.

脸书曾向欧盟委员会承诺，不会将手机号码与脸书账户进行绑定，不过在该笔交易达成后，这一承诺几乎立即变成了空头支票。

He's also made it clear it is not a blank check commitment.

他还表明这不是空头支票。

Exactly. So, the headline writer says 'empty climate promise', that means they think that the developed countries might not actually give the money to the developing countries.

没错。所以，标题作者说“气候承诺的空头支票”，这表明他们认为达家可能不会正把钱给展中家。

So it is definitely not some kind of blank check for President Rouhani.

所以这对鲁哈尼总统来说绝对不是空头支票。

Don't see an option for " bad check."

没看见" 空头支票" 这个选项。

Others have argued the opposite way that the Monroe Doctrine was in fact an imperialist blank check allowing the United States government to intervene in the Americas where ever and whenever it saw fit.

还有人持相反观点认为门罗主义事实上是一张帝主义者的空头支票允政府干预洲事务无论何时何地。

Turning outward to the white body, he would say, " Well, you left us with a bad check that's come back marked 'insufficient funds, ' but you can always pay your debt."

他会转向白人，说: “好吧，你给我们留下了一张空头支票，上面写着‘资金不足'，但你总能偿还债务。”

Pietzel got himself thrown in jail for passing bad checks and while he was inside, Holmes began paying the premiums on his life insurance policy.

佩策尔因使用空头支票入狱，在此期间，贺姆斯开始给自己的人寿保险支付保费。

Instead, the prince's allies should make clear that he does not have a blank cheque-and that his rule would benefit from more openness.

相反，王子的盟友应明确表示不仅是给出一张空头支票——他的统治将受益于更多的开放。

He says the Trump administration remains committed to helping Afghanistan get on a path toward peace and reconciliation, but this is no blank check.

他表示，特朗普政府仍然致力于帮助阿富汗走向和平与和解的道路，而这并不是空头支票。

That's how we live here in this place and let down. Now we suffer through the empty promises they make for us.

我们就住在这样的房子里，非常失望。我们遭受了政府屡次开出的空头支票。

His administration's push into crack down on junk fees banks and other companies charge - things like overdraft and bad check fees.

拜登政府试图严厉打击银行和其他公司收取的垃圾费用——比如透支费和空头支票费。

But some lawmakers say they will not give the president a blank check, and are calling for changes to the 2008 law.

但有的议员称不想给总统空头支票，并呼吁修改2008年法律。

Following international law is not an empty promise, said Meade, we are sure that the promise of an investigation is not either.

米德表示，遵照际法并不是空头支票，我们确定承诺进行调查也不是。

That is your third bounced check.

这是你第三次用空头支票了。

COP27's 'loss and damage' fund for developing countries could be a breakthrough — or another empty climate promise.

“联合气候变化大会第 27 次缔约方会议”为展中家设立的“损失和损害”基金也是一次重大进展——也可能是另一张气候承诺的空头支票。

So, the headline is saying this could be a breakthrough, that means a really big development, or it could be an 'empty promise'.

所以，新闻标题说这可能是一次重大进展，这表示非常大的进展，或者这可能是一张“空头支票”。

Or they issue checks with insufficient funds.

或者他们开出空头支票。