Humans prefer jam today to jam tomorrow.

比起明天的空头支票，人类更喜欢今天的真金白银。

There is no plan; it is a blank check.

没有计划，还是张空头支票。

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。

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

他还表明这不是空头支票。

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

没看见" 空头支票" 这个选项。

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支票。

She won't be duped by a bunch of empty promises.

她不会被一堆空头支票给骗了。

Enough not to take anything for granted.

那些承诺还不都是空头支票。

Mr. Howell, you're in prison for check kiting?

霍维尔先生 你因开空头支票而入狱？

She's wanted for identity theft, passing bad checks.

她因为身份盗窃及使用空头支票而被通缉。

Governments find it easy to pay lip-service to women's rights.

因为对政府来说，面对女性权益问题时开开空头支票太容易了。

She will not be duped by a bunch of empty promises.

她不会被你的一堆空头支票蒙骗的。

According to Abagnale himself he wrote about 17,000 bad checks which amassed him about $2.5 million.

根据 Abagnale 自己的说法， 他开出了大约 17, 000 张空头支票，为他积累了大约 250 万美元。

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。

I just need, um, to help Vanessa with a bounced check, and I can't reach her.

我得帮瓦内萨解决一张空头支票，但我联系不上她。

Don't give me any lip service!

别给我开空头支票！

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”。