When he gave his promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the present of a thousand pounds a-piece.
他向父亲许诺的时候，心里就在盘算，想给他妹妹每人再补贴一千镑的收入。
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He introduced himself as Xu Nuo; in Chinese, the name means "promise," which he liked to use as an English name.
To Captain Phillip himself, whose mind had been filled with anxiety and despondency as to the future prospects of his charge, it opened out like the vision of a world of new hope and promise.