简言之

Letter of credit means a definite undertaking that satisfies some formal requirements atthe request or for the account of an applicant or,in the case of a financial institution,to itselfor for its own account,to honor a documentary presentation by payment or delivery or anitem of value,and it is a kind of mechanism to pay the beneficiary by the presentation of theparticular documents and independent of the underlying transaction,and so is the standbyletter of credit.

如果开证人属金融机构，则这项承诺也可以是开证人向自己或为自己之故而作出的，简言之，信用证是一种凭单据付款的独立承诺，这种形式严格、客观性强的付款机制至少涉及三方当事人即申请人、受益人和开证人之间的关系，其实质是以开证人的银行信用来介入和支持申请人与受益人之间的基础交易的开展，以减轻或消除受益人在国际经贸往来中可能面临的各种风险。

In short, according to McNaughton, maintaining American credibility was now the sole reason for the United States being in Vietnam.

简言之，根据麦克诺顿的讲话，维护美国的可信性是当时美国卷入越南的唯一原因。

In short, if Russia managed to modernise, it would once again become a world leader.

简言之，如果俄罗斯能够实现现代化，它将再次成为世界领导者。

In short, his thought is mainly the product that combines the thought of the modern European thinkers Locke and Montesquieu with the reality of the social and political system in the United States.

简言之，其分权思想主要是在继承近代欧洲思想家洛克和孟德斯鸠的分权思想的基础上与美国社会政治制度的现实相结合的产物。

In short, from the Singapore NDP we can see that Durkheimian functions are achieved through Weberian methods.

简言之，新加坡的国庆庆典说明了，涂尔干的功能要通过韦伯的方法实现。

In brief, even after the minutiae of the infantry-artillery action at Chinaman's Hat had been examined, it did not appear to conflict with the major assumption that the enemy had developed his onfall in a catch-as-catch-can manner after a local sensing of gaps and weaknesses in the battle line which we were then forming.

简言之，甚至在"中国帽子"高地上的步炮协同行动实施之后，情况看上去与主要的假定（敌人在局部探测我军当时构成的战线上的缺口和弱点之后，以一种"抓到什么就是什么"的方式发展进攻）并不矛盾。

In a word, twenty-first century China can potentially bring together diverse nations without an antagonistic and oppositional position.

简言之，21世纪的中国应该有能力以不敌对、不对立的姿态将不同的国家和民族联合在一起。

In short, this dissertation consists of two parts. The first part is about the optimal choice of energy strategy in the western development strategy.

简言之，本文的研究工作包含了两个部分：第一部分是讨论我国西部开发战略中能源开发战略的选择问题。

In short, right now America has China over a barrel, not the other way around.

简言之，现在是中国受制于美国，而不是美国受制于中国。

In short, right now Americahas China over a barrel, not the other way around.

简言之，现在是中国受制于美国，而不是美国受制于中国。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。