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jam FOODJAmnAm also jel.ly a sweet soft substance made by cooking fruit with sugar to preserve it. It is eaten on bread or cakes.果酱strawberry/raspberry jam [U]草莓/紫莓酱Has that recipe book got a "Jams and jellies"section? [C]那本食谱上是否有“果酱及果冻”一节?A jam sandwich is either two pieces of bread with jam between them or a type of cake made in two parts with jam spread between.果酱三明治Jam tomorrow means something is promised which never happens because tomorrow never comes.许而不与的好东西If you want jam today you mean you want something immediately.立即要的东西As children we were always being promised jam tomorrow, if only we would be patient.孩提时我们总是被许诺只要我们有耐心就会得到好东西。The company has to satisfy its shareholders who want jam today.公司不得不满足那些现在就要好处的股东。"The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday but never jam today" (from the book Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, 1872)“规则是明天可以得到的好东西或昨天应该得到的，但绝没有今天应该得到的东西”（引自刘易斯·卡罗尔1872年著作《镜中世界》）
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