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单词 promise
释义
promise
verb
uk
/ˈprɒm.ɪs/us
/ˈprɑː.mɪs/

promiseverb(SAY CERTAINLY)

B1[IorT]
totellsomeone that you willcertainlydo something:
允诺，答应；保证
[+ to infinitive]He promisedfaithfullytocallme everyweek.他信誓旦旦地保证每周都给我打电话。
[+ that]Thegovernmenthave promisedthatthey'llreducetaxes.政府已承诺要减税。
[+ (that)]Promise me(that)you won'ttellhim.答应我你不会告诉他。
I'lllookfor some while I'm at theshopsbut I'm not promising anything.我逛街的时候找找，但不敢保证能买到。
Can I have thatbookback when you'vefinishedbecause I've promised it(= I have said I will give it)toSara.那本书你看完后能还给我吗，因为我答应萨拉要给她。
[+ two objects]Herparentspromised her a newcarif shepassedherexams.她父母答应如果她通过考试就送她一辆新车。
I've promised myself alongbathwhen I get through all thiswork.干完所有这些工作后我要好好洗个澡。
[+ speech]"I'll come round andseeyou everyday," she promised.“我会每天来看你的。”她保证道。
"I won't do anythingdangerous." "You promise?" "I promise."“我不会做任何危险的事。”“你保证？”“我保证。”
"I won't havetimeto take youshoppingthisafternoon." "But you promised!"“今天下午我没时间带你去购物了。”“但你答应过的！”
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to promise someone something
  • promiseI promise that I'll be home before dark.
  • guaranteeI can't guarantee that the operation will be successful.
  • give (someone) your wordHe gave me his word that the job would be finished on time.
  • assure"Don't worry, your car will be ready tomorrow", the mechanic assured him.
  • swearI didn't know what happened, I swear.
  • pledgeWe are asking people to pledge their support for our campaign.
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More examples
  • "Butlisten, you must promise never totellanyone." "I promise."
  • You have tostandup incourtand promise totell'thetruth, thewholetruthand nothing but thetruth'.
  • I gave him mynumberand he promised tocallme.
  • I promised thebabysitterthat we'd behomebymidnight.
  • She's been promising topayback themoneyfor sixmonths, but Ireckonshe's juststringingme along.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making & breaking promises & commitments
  • be on your honouridiom
  • bond
  • breach
  • broken
  • cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom
  • deliver
  • fink
  • go back onsomething
  • Hippocratic oath
  • honour
  • keep (herself) toherselfidiom
  • renege
  • so help me (God)idiom
  • swear
  • uncommitted
  • undertake
  • unkept
  • vouch forsomething/someone
  • warranty
  • welch
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promiseverb(BE EXPECTED)

promise to be good, exciting, etc.
B2
If something promises to be good,exciting, etc. it isexpectedto be good,exciting, etc.:
预计会很好／激动人心等
It promises to be a reallyexcitinggame.预计这会是一场非常精彩的比赛。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Planning, expecting and arranging
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim atsomething
  • bargain
  • I might have knownidiom
  • I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
  • insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
  • in the pipelineidiom
  • in the worksidiom
  • pencil
  • provision
  • purposefully
  • purposely
  • put the cart before the horseidiom
  • puttheirheads togetheridiom
  • rearrange
  • settle
  • sleeve
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Grammar

Promise
Promise is a noun and a verb.…

Idiom

promisesomeonethe earth/moon
promise
noun
uk
/ˈprɒm.ɪs/us
/ˈprɑː.mɪs/

promisenoun(SAY CERTAINLY)

B1[C]
theactof saying that you willcertainlydo something:
允诺；诺言；保证
I'll put my things awaytonight- and that's a promise!今晚我要把我所有的东西都收拾好——说到做到！
I'lltryto get back intime, but I'm notmakingany promises.我会尽量及时回来，但我不能保证。
keep/break a promise
B2
to do/not do what you said that you would do:
遵守／违背诺言
If I make a promise, I like tokeepit.如果我作出了承诺，我会遵守的。
Synonyms
assurance(PROMISE)
bond(PROMISE)
commitment
guarantee
oath(PROMISE)
pledge
undertaking(PROMISE)formal
vow
word(PROMISE)
More examples
  • Shefeltencouragedbytheirpromise ofsupport.
  • I made a promise to you and Iintendtokeepit.
  • Voters areboundto bemistrustfulof agovernmentthat hasbrokenso many promises.
  • Theprimeministermay now beregrettingherimpetuouspromise toreduceunemploymentbyhalf.
  • Thecompanyhas notkeptfaithwithitspromise toinvestintraining.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making & breaking promises & commitments
  • be on your honouridiom
  • bond
  • breach
  • broken
  • cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom
  • deliver
  • fink
  • go back onsomething
  • Hippocratic oath
  • honour
  • keep (herself) toherselfidiom
  • renege
  • so help me (God)idiom
  • swear
  • uncommitted
  • undertake
  • unkept
  • vouch forsomething/someone
  • warranty
  • welch
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promisenoun(EXPECTED)

[U]
theideathat someone or something islikelytodevelopsuccessfullyand thatpeopleexpectthis tohappen:
（成功的）迹象，征兆；（有）出息，（有）前途
HisEnglishteacherhad written on hisreportthat heshowedgreatpromise.英语老师在他的成绩报告单中写道他将大有前途。
As achildI wasquitea gooddancer, but I didn'tfulfilmy early promise.我小时候舞跳得相当好，但我并没有成为舞蹈家。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Potential
  • accident
  • an accident waiting to happenidiom
  • auspicious
  • auspiciously
  • be an actor, cook, etc. in the makingidiom
  • commanding
  • embryo
  • embryonic
  • fertile
  • latent
  • making
  • not be beyond the wit of man/someoneidiom
  • potential
  • potentiality
  • propitiously
  • prospective
  • realizable
  • retrievable
  • room
  • sleeper
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Grammar

Promise
Promise is a noun and a verb.…

Idiom

promises, promises!
(Definition ofpromisefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

promise| American Dictionary

promise
verb
us
/ˈprɑm·ɪs/

promiseverb(STATE CONFIDENTLY)

[I/T]
tostateto someone that you willcertainlydo something:
[T]We promised thekids(that) we’d take them to thezoo.
[+ to infinitive]She promised to becareful.

promiseverb(HAVE LIKELY SUCCESS)

toseemlikely:
[+ to infinitive]The newmoviepromises to be one of thebiggestmoney-makers of alltime.
promise
noun
us
/ˈprɑm·ɪs/

promisenoun(LIKELY SUCCESS)

[U]
thelikelihoodofsuccessorachievement:
Sheshowsgreatpromise as afictionwriter.

promisenoun(CONFIDENT STATEMENT)

[C]
astatementthat you willcertainlydo something:
I’lltryto get back intime, but I’m not making any promises.
Hebrokehis promise to(= said he would but did not)give hisartcollectionto thecountymuseum.
(Definition ofpromisefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpromise

promise
Instead, it exhilarates them with illusions and promises, which can intoxicate but cannot produce results.
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He immediately gave himself up and promised to name his accomplices and own up to all his crimes if pardoned.
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Patterns of butterfly diversity and promising topics in natural history and ecology.
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The analogy suggests that speculation makes a claim, promises something to the community, while contributing nothing at all to other scientists.
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Both the process of legislative bargaining and its nation-building object promised to slowly forge a nonzero sum game out of economic rivalry.
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The most recent systematic review (4), carried out by an orthopedist, supports these (very promising) findings.
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Agencies need to match users' expectations by producing what they have promised.
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We suggest that considerations of host sociality and intraspecific interactions represent promising lines of inquiry.
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However, since it cannot make any metaphysical promises to its adherents, one would expect that not everybody is "born" to live it.
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Now it promised to become a tool for fractionating the cytoplasm of normal cells.
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However, this does not mean the novel endorses the manuals' promises.
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I indicate how it promises to help alleviate some difficulties facing modern practical ethics.
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The difficulty, therefore, is that an inability to access the economic welfare and security that social citizenship promises inhibits any prospect of real inclusion.
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A usurper is climbing the steps to the throne, and he promises changes.
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To some the year 1918 promised defeat ; certainly there seemed little prospect of the war's end.
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Collocationswithpromise

promise

These are words often used in combination withpromise.

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breach of promise
The central concept is breach of promise in marriage or marriage situations - and all the subsidary information leads into that.
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broken promise
On the other hand, the fault for abrokenpromisemay lie with some unforeseen event beyond the promiser's control.
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campaign promise
He made acampaignpromiseto work to abolish the office for which he was running.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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