| 单词 | promise |
| 释义 | promise (once / 32 pages) nv A promise is an agreement to do or not do something. Also, when you have potential, you show promise. If your parents say you can go for ice cream and then it doesn't happen, you'll probably say, "But you promised!" People promise small things, like to visit someone, and big things, like marriage: “Til death do us part” is a promise many people make on their wedding day. Another meaning is to make a prediction, as in, "You'll regret this, I promise!” Also, if you show promise playing the violin, maybe someday you'll play in an orchestra. WORD FAMILYpromise: promised, promisee, promiser, promises, promising, promisor, promissory+/promised: unpromised/promiser: promisers/promising: promisingly, unpromising/promisor: promisors/unpromising: unpromisingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, as it will be called, promises hundreds of jobs and a high-profile attraction — and it’s essentially free. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) You can’t promise to be the president for all Americans and then taunt the 54 percent of Americans who didn’t vote for you. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But the GOP’s top promise — to end Obamacare — remains a tough haul. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future Exp|Hypo|Hyper Hippocratic oath an oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocrates oath a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior parole, word, word of honora promise betrothal, engagement, trotha mutual promise to marry pinninga mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin rain checka promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future bayatan oath of allegiance to an emir ringingthe giving of a ring as a token of engagement commitment, dedication a message that makes a pledge speech actthe use of language to perform some act 2n grounds for feeling hopeful about the future there is little or no promise that he will recover Syn|Hypo|Hyper hope rainbow an illusory hope expectation, outlook, prospect belief about (or mental picture of) the future 3v make a promise or commitment Syn|Hypo|Hyper assure pledge, plight promise solemnly and formally swear offpromise to abstain from contract, undertakeenter into a contractual arrangement guarantee, undertakepromise to do or accomplish vowmake a vow; promise stipulatemake an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force signbe engaged by a written agreement subvent, subvention, underwriteguarantee financial support of guarantee, vouchgive surety or assume responsibility condition, qualify, specify, stipulatespecify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement covenantenter into a covenant or formal agreement lease, rentlet for money charter, hire, lease, renthold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services covenantenter into a covenant declare state emphatically and authoritatively 4v promise to undertake or give I promise you my best effort Hyper declare state emphatically and authoritatively 5v give grounds for expectations The new results were promising The results promised fame and glory Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 6v make a prediction about; tell in advance Syn|Hypo|Hyper anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate read interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior outguess, second-guessattempt to anticipate or predict augurpredict from an omen bet, wagermaintain with or as if with a bet calculate, forecastpredict in advance prophesy, vaticinatepredict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration scrydivine by gazing into crystals vaticinateforetell through or as if through the power of prophecy enlighten, irradiategive spiritual insight to; in religion guess, hazard, pretend, venture put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation |
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