promising
adjective
uk/ˈprɒm.ɪ.sɪŋ/us/ˈprɑː.mɪ.sɪŋ/C1
Something that is promisingshowssignsthat it is going to besuccessfulorenjoyable:
有希望的；有出息的；有前途的Theywontheawardfor the most promising newbandof theyear.他们赢得了该年度最有前途新乐队奖。
"How'syournewventuregoing?" "It'slookingquitepromising."“你的新事业进展得如何？”“看上去相当不错。”
It's agreatrestaurantbut it doesn'tlookat all promising from theoutside.这间餐厅棒极了，不过从外面看可一点都看不出来。
Opposite
unpromising
- Thecommercialfutureof thecompanylooksvery promising.
- Theprojectis only in theinitialphaseasyet, but it'slookingquitepromising.
- Herschoolreportdescribedher as a very promisingpupil.
- Henman got off to a promisingstartwith aleadof two sets tolove.
- She is ahighlypromisingyoungmusician.
Potential
- accident
- an accident waiting to happenidiom
- auspicious
- auspiciously
- be an actor, cook, etc. in the makingidiom
- commanding
- embryo
- fertile
- latent
- making
- not be beyond the wit of man/someoneidiom
- potential
- potentiality
- prospect
- prospective
- realizable
- retrievable
- room
- room for improvementidiom
- sleeper