promised
past simple and past participle ofpromise
| 单词 | promised |
| 释义 | promised past simple and past participle ofpromise promise verb uk/ˈprɒm.ɪs/us/ˈprɑː.mɪs/promiseverb(SAY CERTAINLY)B1[IorT] totellsomeone that you willcertainlydo something: [+ to infinitive]He promisedfaithfullytocallme everyweek. [+ that]Thegovernmenthave promisedthatthey'llreducetaxes. [+ (that)]Promise me(that)you won'ttellhim. I'lllookfor some while I'm at theshopsbut I'm not promising anything. Can I have thatbookback when you'vefinishedbecause I've promised it(= I have said I will give it)toSara. [+ two objects]Herparentspromised her a newcarif shepassedherexams. I've promised myself alongbathwhen I get through all thiswork. [+ speech]"I'll come round andseeyou everyday," she promised. "I won't do anythingdangerous." "You promise?" "I promise." "I won't havetimeto take youshoppingthisafternoon." "But you promised!" to promise someone something
Making & breaking promises & commitments
promiseverb(BE EXPECTED)promise to be good, exciting, etc. B2 If something promises to be good,exciting, etc. it isexpectedto be good,exciting, etc.: It promises to be a reallyexcitinggame. Planning, expecting and arranging
GrammarPromise Promise is a noun and a verb.…Idiompromisesomeonethe earth/moon Examplesofpromisedpromised In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. While thispromisedmuch, it came as no surprise that researchers in developing countries wanted exactly the same as everyone else. From theCambridge English Corpus Its focus on land and its elimination of the human factorpromiseda rational basis of administration and an ' objective ' basis for taxation. From theCambridge English Corpus The state may not, when required, provide the guarantee/payment initiallypromised. From theCambridge English Corpus The cooption of those with social influencepromisedcheap and effective government. From theCambridge English Corpus Carter himself hadpromisedin his 1976 campaign to promote deregulation in the name of equity and efficiency and made the airlines his first target. From theCambridge English Corpus In particular, it is not quite the optimised program that wepromisedin the introduction. From theCambridge English Corpus Due to the long-term nature ofpromisedpension benefits, pension funds are able to follow a long-horizon investment policy. From theCambridge English Corpus We arepromisedspiritual eternity, so why not a fatalism? From theCambridge English Corpus Consequently, the number of words tagged fell far short of the 1000 initiallypromised. From theCambridge English Corpus Surplus for each regime whenpromisedutilities are truncated at autarky. From theCambridge English Corpus Others are kept near the initial level (although not, of course, exactly at the initial level) ofpromisedutility. From theCambridge English Corpus She agreed to find a physician to interpret his medical reports andpromisedto contact him again. From theCambridge English Corpus In some cases they hadpromisedthe older person that they would never have to move into a nursing home. From theCambridge English Corpus Every student1promisedto come but the idiots1 missed the train. From theCambridge English Corpus Or we might say that by entering the military service, the private has tacitly or explicitlypromisedto obey orders from his superiors. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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