break the promise

基本解释

Husband: Sorry, I have to break the promise again this time.
丈夫：对不起，我这次不得不又食言了。
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But if ln were aliased with li, then it would break the type-safety promise implicit in the definition of li -- that it is a list of integers, which is why generic types cannot be covariant.
但是如果 ln是 li的别名，那么这就破坏了蕴含在 li定义中的类型安全承诺 —— 它是一个整数列表，这就是泛型类型不能协变的原因。
Nonetheless, according to classic utilitarianism, what makes it morally wrong to break the promise is its effects on those other people rather than the fact that the agent promised in the past.
不过，根据经典的功利主义，是什么使它在道义上是错误的突破，是对这些承诺的影响而不是让代理商在过去的承诺，实际上其他人。
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