Humans prefer jam today to jam tomorrow.

明天的空支票，人类更喜欢今天的真金白银。

There is no plan; it is a blank check.

现在没有计划，还是张空支票。

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支票。

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

他还表明这不是空支票。

Bulls and bears are used to symbolize conditions on Wall Street.

多和空被用来象征华尔街的状况。

He rushed into the other room. He stopped beside the secretary.

他飞地冲进里间的办公室，像个卖空的人急于想要得到补足那样，他径直冲向速记员的办公桌。

We needed just $2,000 more for an illegal land deal in Illinois.

我们还需要2000美元，就能在西部伊利诺斯州实现空不动产的计划。

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“气候承诺的空支票”，这表明他们认为发达国家可能不会真正把钱给发展中国家。

" Well...there is the possibility it was an empty threat."

“嗯… … 有可能只是空。”

I'm not going to lose any sleep over his empty threats.

我不会为他的空而担忧的。

Today's phrase is " time bomb, " from the movie The Big Short.

今天的短语是 time bomb，出自电影《大空》。

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支票。

And this is exactly what The Big Short does so well.

这正是《大空》做得如此出色的地方。

I think you left 'em in the plan you never made.

钥匙估计落在你那空计划里了吧。

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

没看见" 空支票" 这个选项。

I didn't have the board seat when we took the short position.

我们空的时候我还没董事会席位。

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国主义者的空支票允许美国政府干预美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支票，上面写着‘资金不足'，但你总能偿还债务。”

Unless you're a keen economics enthusiast, or you've seen or read The Big Short, you probably need a quick refresher on what exactly happened there.

除非你是一个狂热的经济学爱好者，或者你曾看过或读过《大空》，否则你可能需要速回顾一下当时到底发生了什么。

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。