According to a time-honored tradition in finance, it says that it's a promise to pay $1, but it's not worth $1 today.

由于资金有时间价值,他说他承诺支付一美元,但在此时此刻它并不值一美元

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It's in recognition of what we can think of as this time- honored historical irony that Milton writes such a memorable line, a wonderful line, in his sonnet on the new Presbyterian regime.

这刚好跟我们这次所想的相应-,这个令人尊敬的历史性讽刺，弥尔顿写得如此有纪念意义，如此绝妙，在十四行诗里，他所写的新长老派的政体。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选