请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 promise
释义
promise
(prɒmɪs )
Word forms: promises , promising , promised
1. verb B1
If you promise that you will do something, you say to someone that you will definitely do it.
The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday. [VERB to-infinitive]
He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment. [VERB that]
Promise me you will not waste your time. [VERB noun that]
'We'll be back next year,' he promised. [VERB with quote]
'You promise?'—'All right, I promise.' [VERB]
[Also VERB noun]
2. verb B1+
If you promise someone something, you tell them that you will definitely give it to them or make sure that they have it.
In 1920 the great powers promised them an independent state. [VERB noun noun]
The officers promise a return to multiparty rule. [VERB noun]
3. countable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive, NOUN that] B1
A promise is a statement which you make to a person in which you say that you will definitely do something or give them something.
If you make a promise, you should keep it.
The program has lived up to its promise to promote family welfare.
Synonyms: guarantee, word, bond, vow  
4. verb B2
If a situation or event promises to have a particular quality or to be a particular thing, it shows signs that it will have that quality or be that thing.
While it will be fun, the seminar also promises to be most instructive. [VERB to-infinitive]
Synonyms: seem likely, look like, hint at, show signs of  
5. uncountable noun
If someone or something shows promise, they seem likely to be very good or successful.
The boy first showed promise as an athlete in grade school.
Synonyms: potential, ability, talent, capacity  
Quotations:
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promisingCyril ConnollyEnemies of Promise
We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fearsLa RochefoucauldMaxims
Promises and pie-crust are made to be brokenJonathan SwiftPolite Conversation
Idioms:
promise the earth
to promise to give people things that you cannot in fact possibly give them
One voter summed up the mood: `Politicians have lost credibility,' he complained. `They promise the earth and don't deliver.'
promise the moon
to promise to give people things that you cannot in fact possibly give them
So many banks try to lure customers by promising the moon.
Collocations:
early promise
With his huge feet and strong arms he is showing the early promise of a strong swimmer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The goofy sketch trio finally make good on their early promise with good jokes, good rapport and surprisingly good storytelling.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Its early promise now lies in tatters.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
election promise
It amounts to diluting his election campaign promise to apply a frankness on human rights in foreign policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He is facing growing discontent over a failure to fulfil election promises to put more spending money in people's pockets.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was also well aware of their lofty election promises.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
empty promises
After nine years of empty promises his time is up.
The Sun (2006)
Many going through crisis hear empty promises.
Christianity Today (2000)
He has to stop drinking, not just make empty promises.
The Sun (2011)
firm promise
It was hardly a firm promise of improvement.
Times, Sunday Times
They wanted a firm promise, but knew they would need to prove their intent to get one.
Times, Sunday Times
Ask him for a firm promise not to do it again.
The Sun
And yet even such mildly tempered praise as this musician's could only be bought with a firm promise of absolute anonymity.
Times, Sunday Times
Make a firm promise to yourself to end it and mean it.
The Sun
fulfil a promise
He fulfilled a campaign promise by giving a deadline for the withdrawal of troops.
The Sun (2009)
Politicians will try very hard to fulfil the promises that they make.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But as complaints continued to flood in it became apparent that it had failed to fulfil its promise.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
manifesto promise
The Opposition are wise to steer clear of manifesto promises.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This was one of the key parts of the Liberal Democrat manifesto promise at the general election.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They were right that a simple manifesto promise was not enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
promise a cut
It comes amid growing pressure on the chancellor to promise a cut to income tax in the next manifesto.
Times, Sunday Times
My decision coincided with publication of a book which promised that cutting out the 'latte factor' was the beginning of the path to riches.
Times, Sunday Times
Some say that their rates are now 'under review' but stopped short of promising a cut.
Times, Sunday Times
promise a referendum
Their parties refuse to promise a referendum but know blocking one would be a big vote loser.
The Sun
All three parties promised a referendum on this treaty in the 2005 general election.
Times, Sunday Times
But it's far from clear what promising a referendum would actually mean.
Times, Sunday Times
A year later they'll go to the country on a manifesto based on negotiating the new balance and promising a referendum on the results.
Times, Sunday Times
All three main parties promised a referendum on the old constitution in their 2005 manifestos.
Times, Sunday Times
promise a refund
I was promised a refund several times but this never arrived.
The Sun
The airline promised a refund of costs, so what's the problem?
The Sun
An hour later, a call promising a refund.
Times, Sunday Times
I complained and was promised a refund but since then have heard nothing.
Times, Sunday Times
The couple were promised a refund within 10 days.
Times,Sunday Times
promise a return
I promise a return to the usual chaos next week.
Times, Sunday Times
Labour, however, promise a return to the 50% top-rate for earnings above 150,000.
Times, Sunday Times
But the meadowscape might be rather different now, especially if a zealous conservationist had wandered through, sprinkling pre-packaged seeds that promise a return to bucolic beauty.
Times, Sunday Times
Its shares rose by 156p to 25.08, with the engineer promising a return to growth this year.
Times, Sunday Times
promise a review
She promised a review of the process which selects new members.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It has also promised a review into how it will tackle domestic violence.
The Sun (2015)
The Government recently promised a review of pricing structures.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
promise aid
Britain and others have promised aid to head off a humanitarian disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It promised aid for farmers and said the state would intervene to stabilise grain and fertiliser prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Governments have already promised trillions in aid.
The Sun (2020)
promise change
He promised radical change in three areas.
The Sun (2010)
People in their 50s are eager to know how the changes promised for 2016 will affect them.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I can't promise dramatic changes in our coverage, but we'll continue to think about this subject a lot.
Times,Sunday Times (2019)
promise confidentiality
Organizers must promise confidentiality and avoid getting too involved in their clients lives.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
They promise confidentiality to the user.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
They had been promised confidentiality.
Times, Sunday Times
promise help
The pilot complied, then radioed the RCMP station, which promised help at once.
Dixon, Franklin W. THE VIKING SYMBOL MYSTERY (1963)
This week the Government promised extra help to families who face having their homes taken away.
The Sun (2008)
The US, which pumped in $10 million in initial aid, yesterday promised more help.
The Sun (2010)
promise of prosperity
The most troubling, however, was his promise of prosperity and strength through 'protection'.
Times, Sunday Times
With the promise of prosperity apparent, the building of a town site was well underway by 1910.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Altogether there was much of the wildness of a frontier town and a seemingly boundless promise of prosperity.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
promise reform
He will promise reforms in public services, with a crackdown on 'bad management' in health, education and policing.
The Sun
And he reveals he has learned not to trust governments when they promise reforms.
The Sun
In a rare speech, he offered his condolences and promised reforms, but the concessions are probably too late to make any difference.
Times, Sunday Times
First it promised reform to calm the markets.
Times, Sunday Times
They have responded with a similar mixture of promised reform and condemnation of the protesters as foreign catspaws.
Times, Sunday Times
promise repeatedly
Not after you have voted for a binding referendum, promised repeatedly to enact it and put the result in law.
The Sun
Compensation law has been promised repeatedly, but has not been implemented.
Times, Sunday Times
He has promised repeatedly to tackle the incipient bubble with new, untested macroprudential tools.
Times, Sunday Times
He has promised repeatedly to bring them back.
Times, Sunday Times
Ministers have promised repeatedly that neither of these things will happen but the size of the petition suggests that many drivers do not believe them.
Times, Sunday Times
promise support
He also promised more support for victims of anti-social behaviour.
The Sun (2009)
On Wednesday he moved closer to his goal, promising government support for cultural organisations that persuade people to give.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
'We have promised financial support for staff going through this process, 'he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
promise transparency
It at once promises transparency: the images convey a sense of immediacy and information.
Smithsonian Mag
They will not deliver the promised transparency.
Times, Sunday Times
He has promised transparency and intense vetting to keep his government clean.
Globe and Mail
It invests in social projects and promises transparency in its links.
The Sun
Investors were put off, rather than allured, when the young prince promised transparency while locking up his relatives.
Times, Sunday Times
repeat a promise
The revelations prompted ministers to repeat their promise to put the future of the system out to consultation.
Times, Sunday Times
His spokesman refused to repeat a promise made by one of his frontbenchers this week to call a vote of no confidence in the government immediately.
Times, Sunday Times
He repeated a promise - first made two years ago - to extend paid maternity leave to a year but failed to give a firm timetable.
Times, Sunday Times
He did the right thing yesterday in repeating his promise to do so, while acknowledging the political and legal battle that will follow.
Times, Sunday Times
Tranquility was in short supply then and discontent has continued to grow despite repeated promises to shape up by those at the head of this chaotic department.
Times, Sunday Times
repeated promises
The 25 per cent rise comes despite his repeated promises to cut the quango bill.
The Sun
Above all, it represents personal freedom of the kind that public transport, still grotesquely inadequate despite repeated promises from government, simply cannot provide.
Times, Sunday Times
The influence of this policy resulted in repeated promises of protection, food, clothing, lodgings and general welfare of the people.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
show promise
Two feature films by first-time directors, both with a visual-arts background, showed promise.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Will never be a worldbeater but showed promise with the ball and some resolve with the bat.
The Sun (2018)
I always thought the band showed promise, but this is beyond our boyhood dreams.
The Sun (2016)
Sweet Midnight, the most recent of her calves, showed promise of being a prizewinning bull.
Elizabeth Lowell BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (2001)
solemn promise
And as the world watched, dazzled by the ancient rituals and aweinspiring pomp, the 26-year-old made a solemn promise to serve her country.
The Sun
His case - that a solemn promise has not been redeemed - will be hard to answer.
Times, Sunday Times
If journalists cannot promise anonymity to sources and keep that solemn promise, there would be a lot less news and what there was would be less reliable.
Times, Sunday Times
An undertaking was a solemn promise which a litigant volunteered to the court.
Times, Sunday Times
A bit short of a solemn promise now, isn't it?
The Sun
unfulfilled promise
From being the world junior champion to a cautionary tale of unfulfilled promise, he defied his own expectations by gaining a first senior solo medal.
Times, Sunday Times
There had to be someone to blame for unfulfilled promise, for a hurricane that fizzled into a tropical storm.
Times, Sunday Times
Thereafter, hints of unfulfilled promise grew.
Times, Sunday Times
The atmosphere was thick with disappointment and unfulfilled promise.
Times, Sunday Times
Some of the lenders exposed to the debt tell a story of poor communication, missed repayment deadlines and unfulfilled promises.
Times, Sunday Times
unrealistic promises
Nor, given the prescriptive nature of franchise specifications, did it make unrealistic promises.
Times, Sunday Times
Give her space to think things through and don't make unrealistic promises.
The Sun
The moon helps you see the difference between genuine opportunities and unrealistic promises.
The Sun
A money moon blurs the line between being generous and making unrealistic promises.
The Sun
It's only when we load it with unrealistic promises that it becomes disappointing.
Times, Sunday Times
vague promise
If you can prove that your mortgage is already agreed this may impress a seller more than a vague promise of funds.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His request was rejected, in spite of the vague promises that had been made to him before the war.
The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness (1993)
Some vague promise that money will be found from the general pot will not do.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
verbal promise
Let me get this absolutely straight: you would honestly expect him to honour the verbal promise he made to you?
Times, Sunday Times
Entitlements such as the provision of free electricity have vanished, and since they were usually made by verbal promise alone, no documentation exists by which to defend the rights.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
They could no longer rely on verbal promises.
Smithsonian Mag
To that you have to add a very large number let down by written and verbal promises from the government that their employer-run pensions were guaranteed and secure.
Times, Sunday Times
These include checking the provider's credentials, not accepting verbal promises and insisting that vital details, such as how they value the property, are explained.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 允诺, 许诺
Japanese: 約束, 約束する
随便看

 

英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/15 12:06:49