Humans prefer jam today to jam tomorrow.

比起明天的空头，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，还是张空头。

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

他还表明这不是空头。

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

多头和空头被用来象征华尔街的状况。

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

他飞快地冲进里间的办公室，像个卖空头的人急于想要得到补足那样，他径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头不动产的计划。

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

“嗯… … 有可能只是空头威。”

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

我不会为他的空头威而担忧的。

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

今天的短语是 time bomb，出自电影《大空头》。

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。

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

这正是《大空头》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头计划里了吧。

Yes, you know, you do the...the...the...like, The Big Short.

就是... 做那种" 大空头" 。

They say the government has a long history of empty promises.

他们坦言政府的空头承诺向来历史悠久。

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

没看见" 空头" 这个选项。

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

我们空头的时候我还没董事会席位。

Here's the first one, Bear Raid.

第一个是 Bear Raid（空头猛跌）。

That is your third bounced check.

这是你第三次用空头了。

In the US, some smaller tech companies have been victims of bear raids, affecting their stock performance.

在美国，一些规模较小的科技公司成为空头猛跌的受害者，影响了它们的股表现。

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

“联合国气候变化大会第 27 次缔约方会议”为发展中国家设立的“损失和损害”基金也许是一次重大进展——也可能是另一张气候承诺的空头。