单词 | promising |
释义 | promising (once / 327 pages) adj Promising things are encouraging or hopeful — they give you every sign that they'll be successful in the future. A promising early spring hints that the rest of the season will be warm and full of flowers. A promising ballet dancer is young, but off to a very talented start. If you pick up a novel in a bookstore and the first few pages look promising, you'll probably buy it. Promising things are full of promise, "an indication that something will occur." The Latin root is promittere, "put forth," from pro-, "forward," and mittere, "send." WORD FAMILYpromising: promisingly, unpromising+/promise: promised, promisee, promiser, promises, promising, promisor, promissory/promised: unpromised/promiser: promisers/promisor: promisors/unpromising: unpromisingly USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, Carr suffered a broken leg in a Week 16 game against Indianapolis, sending Oakland’s promising season into a tailspin. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Walker is promising a “sizeable increase” in funding for K-12 public schools, raising the state-imposed limits on school district spending. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) This was the second year under General Manager Scot McCloughan, and there were some promising signs. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj full or promise the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career Syn bright, hopeful auspicious auguring favorable circumstances and good luck 2adj showing possibility of achievement or excellence a promising young man Syn likely has a good chance of being the case or of coming about |
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