It's a promise to do something better in the coming year.

这是允诺要在来年把一些事情作得更好。

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The most common contract is when two parties promise to do something.

最常见的合同是双方承诺何时做某事。

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Tom always promise to do something he can't do, which is so called big hat, no cattle.

汤姆总是承诺一些他无法完成的事情，这就是所谓的死要面子了。

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A resolution is a promise to change or do something different in the coming year.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

The much-ballyhooed agreement that rescue funds could buy embattled countries' bonds without onerous extra conditions was just a political promise to do something already allowed.

ECONOMIST: The euro crisis

His most memorable campaign declaration--his acceptance-speech pledge of "no new taxes"--was a promise not to do something.

CNN: latimes.com: Bush the son uses policy campaign to distance himself from the father

If something happened that made it impossible for you to deliver on a promise, speak up and do everything in your power to fix it.

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