bad check

基本解释

Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds.
美国没有尊重这项神圣的契约，反而给了黑人们一张空头支票，而且这张支票被被退了回来，上面的标记是“资金不足”。
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Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, Baidu has given the supporters of Li Yi a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
百度没有承兑这笔神圣的债务，而是开始给毅丝们一张空头支票——一张盖着“资金不足”的印戳被退回的支票。
He tried to palm off the bad check on someone else.
他试图把有问题的支票交给其他人。

Weird things, bad things can happen and so one of the lessons too that will be repeated throughout the course is to actually rigorously error check and make sure that you're always thinking about your user being a bad guy.
各种古怪的事情就会蜂拥而至,所以在这个课程中我反复强调,要一丝不苟地检查错误,你就当你的用户是个调皮捣蛋的家伙。
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