Mrs. Thornton was reviewing all the probable cases in which she had pledged herself to act.

桑顿夫人正在审查她承诺要参与的所有可能案件。

While very young her late Majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people, and to maintain the precious principles of constitutional government which lie at the heart of our nation.

在已故女王陛下非常年轻的时候，她就发誓要为她的国家和人民服务，维护宪政的宝贵原则，这是我们国家的核心。

" I'll try, Beth." and then and there Jo renounced her old ambition, pledged herself to a new and better one, acknowledging the poverty of other desires, and feeling the blessed solace of a belief in the immortality of love.

“我会做到的，贝思。”乔当时当地放弃了她以前的抱负，发誓实现这一新的、更好的抱负。她承认了其他愿望的空泛。