| 词汇 | promise |
| 释义 | promise verb uk /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ us /ˈprɑː.mɪs/ promiseverb (SAY CERTAINLY)B1[ I or T ] to tell someone that you will certainly do something: 允诺，答应;保证 [ + to infinitive ]He promised faithfully to call me every week.他信誓旦旦地保证每周都给我打电话。 [ + that ]The government have promised that they'll reduce taxes.政府已承诺要减税。 [ + (that) ]Promise me (that) you won't tell him.答应我你不会告诉他。 I'll look for some while I'm at the shops but I'm not promising anything.我逛街的时候找找，但不敢保证能买到。 Can I have that book back when you've finished because I've promised it (= I have said I will give it)to Sara.那本书你看完后能还给我吗，因为我答应萨拉要给她。 [ + two objects ]Her parents promised her a new car if she passed her exams.她父母答应如果她通过考试就送她一辆新车。 I've promised myself a long bath when I get through all this work.干完所有这些工作后我要好好洗个澡。 [ + speech ]"I'll come round and see you every day," she promised.“我会每天来看你的。”她保证道。 "I won't do anything dangerous." "You promise?" "I promise."“我不会做任何危险的事。”“你保证？”“我保证。” "I won't have time to take you shopping this afternoon." "But you promised!"“今天下午我没时间带你去购物了。”“但你答应过的！” to promise someone something promiseI promise that I'll be home before dark. guaranteeI can't guarantee that the operation will be successful. give (someone) your wordHe gave me his word that the job would be finished on time. assure"Don't worry, your car will be ready tomorrow", the mechanic assured him. swearI didn't know what happened, I swear. pledgeWe are asking people to pledge their support for our campaign. "But listen, you must promise never to tell anyone." "I promise." You have to stand up in court and promise to tell 'the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth'.你必须站在法庭上宣誓：“事实，全部事实，只有事实。” I gave him my number and he promised to call me. I promised the babysitter that we'd be home by midnight.我向临时保姆保证，我们一定会在午夜前回家。 She's been promising to pay back the money for six months, but I reckon she's just stringing me along. Making & breaking promises & commitments assurance be on your honouridiom breach of contract commit someone to something commitment committed cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom deliver on something fink fink out oath pact pledge promises, promises!idiom promisor promissory repledge restrictive covenant sworn vow promiseverb (BE EXPECTED)promise to be good, exciting, etc. B2 If something promises to be good, exciting, etc. it is expected to be good, exciting, etc.: 预计会很好／激动人心等 It promises to be a really exciting game.预计这会是一场非常精彩的比赛。 Planning, expecting and arranging accidentally accidentally on purposeidiom advertent advisedly aim at something bargain conscious game something out hatch have something in mindidiom have something up your sleeveidiom horizon scanning how are you fixed for something?idiom pencil provide for someone provident providently provision purpose purposefully GrammarPromise Promise is a noun and a verb. … Idiompromise someone the earth/moon promise noun uk /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ us /ˈprɑː.mɪs/ promisenoun (SAY CERTAINLY)B1[ C ] the act of saying that you will certainly do something: 允诺;诺言;保证 I'll put my things away tonight - and that's a promise!今晚我要把我所有的东西都收拾好——说到做到！ I'll try to get back in time, but I'm not making any promises.我会尽量及时回来，但我不能保证。 keep/break a promise B2 to do/not do what you said that you would do: 遵守／违背诺言 If I make a promise, I like to keep it.如果我作出了承诺，我会遵守的。 Synonyms assurance(PROMISE) bond(PROMISE) commitment guarantee oath(PROMISE) pledge undertaking(PROMISE)formal vow word(PROMISE) She felt encouraged by their promise of support.他们承诺支持她，这使她感到备受鼓舞。 I made a promise to you and I intend to keep it.我向你作过承诺，我会履行的。 Voters are bound to be mistrustful of a government that has broken so many promises.选民们肯定不会信任曾多次违背诺言的政府。 The prime minister may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half. The company has not kept faith with its promise to invest in training.公司没有信守在培训上投入资金的承诺。 Making & breaking promises & commitments assurance be on your honouridiom breach of contract commit someone to something commitment committed cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom deliver on something fink fink out oath pact pledge promises, promises!idiom promisor promissory repledge restrictive covenant sworn vow promisenoun (EXPECTED)[ U ] the idea that someone or something is likely to develop successfully and that people expect this to happen: （成功的）迹象，征兆；（有）出息，（有）前途 His English teacher had written on his report that he showed great promise.英语老师在他的成绩报告单中写道他将大有前途。 As a child I was quite a good dancer, but I didn't fulfil my early promise.我小时候舞跳得相当好，但我并没有成为舞蹈家。 Potential accident an accident waiting to happenidiom auspicious auspiciously be an actor, cook, etc. in the makingidiom commanding embryo embryonic fertile latent latently making not be beyond the wit of man/someoneidiom potential propitiously prospective realizable retrievable room sleeper GrammarPromise Promise is a noun and a verb. … Idiompromises, promises! promise | American Dictionarypromise verb us/ˈprɑm·ɪs/ promiseverb (STATE CONFIDENTLY)[ I/T ] to state to someone that you will certainly do something: [ T ]We promised the kids (that) we’d take them to the zoo. [ + to infinitive ]She promised to be careful. promiseverb (HAVE LIKELY SUCCESS)to seem likely: [ + to infinitive ]The new movie promises to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time. promise noun us/ˈprɑm·ɪs/ promisenoun (LIKELY SUCCESS)[ U ] the likelihood of success or achievement: She shows great promise as a fiction writer. promisenoun (CONFIDENT STATEMENT)[ C ] a statement that you will certainly do something: I’ll try to get back in time, but I’m not making any promises. He broke his promise to (= said he would but did not) give his art collection to the county museum. Examples of promisepromise Instead, it exhilarates them with illusions and promises, which can intoxicate but cannot produce results. He immediately gave himself up and promised to name his accomplices and own up to all his crimes if pardoned. Patterns of butterfly diversity and promising topics in natural history and ecology. The analogy suggests that speculation makes a claim, promises something to the community, while contributing nothing at all to other scientists. Both the process of legislative bargaining and its nation-building object promised to slowly forge a nonzero sum game out of economic rivalry. The most recent systematic review (4), carried out by an orthopedist, supports these (very promising) findings. Agencies need to match users' expectations by producing what they have promised. We suggest that considerations of host sociality and intraspecific interactions represent promising lines of inquiry. However, since it cannot make any metaphysical promises to its adherents, one would expect that not everybody is "born" to live it. Now it promised to become a tool for fractionating the cytoplasm of normal cells. However, this does not mean the novel endorses the manuals' promises. I indicate how it promises to help alleviate some difficulties facing modern practical ethics. The difficulty, therefore, is that an inability to access the economic welfare and security that social citizenship promises inhibits any prospect of real inclusion. A usurper is climbing the steps to the throne, and he promises changes. To some the year 1918 promised defeat ; certainly there seemed little prospect of the war's end. See all examples of promise These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withpromisepromiseThese are words often used in combination with promise. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. breach of promise The central concept is breach of promise in marriage or marriage situations - and all the subsidary information leads into that. broken promise On the other hand, the fault for a brokenpromise may lie with some unforeseen event beyond the promiser's control. campaign promise He made a campaignpromise to work to abolish the office for which he was running. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with promise |
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