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词汇 example_english_conditional-promise
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conditional promise

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meanings of conditionaland promise


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conditional
adjective
noun
uk /kənˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/ us /kənˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
(relating to) a sentence, often starting with "if" or "unless", in which one half expresses something which depends on the ...
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promise
noun
uk /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ us /ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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Examples of conditional promise


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Some of the more naive thought that it made an absolute promise, but it turned out to be a very conditionalpromise.
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I think it ought to be quite clear that that promise was a conditionalpromise.
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In both cases there is a promise to quit; there is no conditionalpromise to quit.
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It seems to me it is a conditionalpromise.
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To proceed with £175,000 of finance, which was only at the best a conditionalpromise, was to court certain failure.
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There is another, at the bottom of page 50, line 37, which covers the conditionalpromise made with regard to ancillary vehicles of different kinds.
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British students are far too intelligent to be fooled by a conditionalpromise.
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The manager made a conditionalpromise.
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There was a conditionalpromise.
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It was a purely conditionalpromise.
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Also, tentative proposals and conditional promises were given.
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