promise的读音是:英['prɒmɪs]。promise的例句是用作名词(n.)Once he made a promise, he would stick to it.他一旦许下诺言,就坚守这个诺言。promise名词:promiser;过去式:promised;过去分词:promised;现在分词:promising;第三人称单数:promises。
一、详尽释义点此查看promise的详细内容
n.(名词)- 允诺,诺言,承诺,保证
- (有)可能,(有)指望,(有)出息,(有)前途
- 允诺的东西,承诺的事情
- (效忠组织的)誓言,誓约
v.(动词)- 允诺,答应,做出保证
- 有可能,有指望,有前途
- 预示
- 给人以…的指望
- 向…保证,向...断言
- 把(某人)许配(给)
- 有…希望
二、双解释义
v.(动词)- vt. & vi. 允诺; 答应 undertake to do
- vi. & vt. 有…希望; 预示 give cause for expecting
n.(名词)- [C]承诺,诺言 a statement, which sb else has right to believe and depend on, that one will or will not do sth, give sth, etc.
- [U]希望,出息 expectation or signs of future success, good results, etc.
三、英英释义
Noun:- a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
"there is little or no promise that he will recover"
Verb:- make a promise or commitment
- promise to undertake or give;
"I promise you my best effort"
- make a prediction about; tell in advance;
"Call the outcome of an election"
- give grounds for expectations;
"The new results were promising"
"The results promised fame and glory"
四、例句
Once he made a promise, he would stick to it.
他一旦许下诺言,就坚守这个诺言。
I have committed myself and must keep my promise.
我已经作出了承诺,必须信守我的诺言。
I don't trust his promise to come for a visit.
我不相信他会如约前来访问。
For her family, life seemed to have no promise.
对她家而言,生活没有任何希望。
I promise never to reveal his secret.
我答应决不泄漏他的秘密。
I promise never to lie to you from now on.
我发誓从今以后再也不向你说谎话。
I promise to return your bicycle on good condition.
我答应一定完好无损地还你的自行车。
Dropping ears of rice promise another good harvest.
沈甸甸的稻穗预示著又一次丰收。
五、常见句型
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)- I can't promise.
我不能答应。 - I must phone your sister as I promised.
我得给你姐姐打个电话,我说了给她打的。 - The business promises well.
生意看来很兴隆。 - David promises well as an actor.
作为演员,大卫很有希望成功。 - He's engaged in a research that promised well.
他正忙于一项很有前途的科研项目。 - The rains have been plentiful and the crops promise well.
雨水充沛,庄稼长势很好。 - I think our teaching plan promises well.
我认为我们的教学计划不赖。 - From what little I've seen of your book so far,I would say that it promises well.
仅就迄今我所见到的有关你这本书的情况来看,我敢说你的书很可能会受到读者的欢迎。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.- I want you to promise me.
我想让你对我作出承诺。 - It is not that easy;I promise you.
我向你保证,事情并非那么容易。 - I don't remember I ever promised that.
我记不得我答应过这件事。 - The school authorities promised an immediate reply.
学校领导答应立即答复。 - The weather promises rich harvest.
天气晴朗,丰收在望。 - The clear sky promises fine weather.
天空晴朗无云,看来天气会很好。 - After trying all kinds of ways we hit upon a method that promised more success.
在尝试了各种办法以后,我们终于找到了一种成功希望较大的方法。 - I can't promise the moon, but I'll do the best job I can.
我不能答应我办不到的事情,不过我要尽力去办。 - A politician who promises the moon during a campaign loses the voters' respect.
从政者在竞选中乱作承诺会失去选民的尊重。
S+~+to- v- We promised to bring them to the circus.
我们答应过带他们去看马戏。 - I promise to return your bicycle in good condition.
我答应完好无损地还你的自行车。 - He promised to help the people improve their livelihood.
他答应帮助人民改善生活。 - She promised to be a brilliant musician.
有迹象表明她会成为出色的音乐家。 - Autumn crops promised to be equally good.
秋季作物看来收成也会同样很好。 - It promises to be warm this afternoon.
今天下午可望转暖。 - It promises to be fine tomorrow.
明天可望晴朗。
S+~+that-clause- I promised that I would write regularly.
我答应我要经常写信。 - I promised that I would come here on time.
我答应准时来这里。 - I soothed him by promising that he could return home in a week or two.
我安慰他,答应他可以在一两周内回家。 - He promised that the roof should be repaired within two weeks.
他许诺房顶在两周内修好。 - The government has promised that taxes will not be put up again this year.
政府已经许诺今年不再增加税收。
用作双宾动词S+~+ pron./n. + n./pron.- I want you to promise me one thing.
我要你答应我一件事。 - Mr. Priestly promised his students a holiday.
普里斯特利先生答应给学生放假一天。 - Mr. Green has promised his son a new bicycle if he passes the examination.
格林先生答应如果儿子考试及格,就给他买辆新自行车。
S+~+ n./pron. +to pron./n.- I've promised the next dance to Jim.
我已答应下一场和吉姆跳舞。 - I can't give you the book; I've promised it to Susan.
我不能把这本书送给你,因为我已经答应把它送给苏珊了。 1- This new watch was promised to me.
这只新手表已经答应卖给我了。 - I'm sorry; that house has been promised to some other young man.
对不起,那间房子已答应租给别的年轻人了。
S+~+ n./pron. +(to-) v- You must promise me to take a thorough rest.
你一定要答应我彻底休息一下。 - He promised me to sing here.
他答应我他在这里唱歌。 - She promised me to try her best to help him.
她向我保证要尽力帮助他。 - She promised me not to forget to call on my mother.
她答应我她不会忘记拜访我母亲。 - I had promised Nancy to attend the lecture.
我已答应南希参加演讲。
S+~+ pron./n. +that-clause- I promised Mrs. Neil that I could stop in at her home today.
我答应内尔夫人今天我去拜访她。 - He promised me that the work should be finished before evening.
他许诺说,这工作要在晚上之前做完。
用作名词(n.)
- I should not have believed the promise of the boss.
我本不该相信老板的许诺的。 - He tried to put me off with a vague promise.
他企图以含糊的许诺来敷衍我。 - It's clear that what he said was a hollow promise.
很明显他许下的是不兑现的诺言。 - I'd like to come with you but that's not a promise; don't rely on it.
我愿意和你一起去,但这不是允诺,别指望我一定去。 - They drew the poor child on with false promises.
他们以虚假的许诺来鼓动那个可怜的孩子。 - We shall judge you by your actions, not by your promises.
我们将根据你的行动,而不是你的诺言来评价你。 - Don't build your hopes on the chairman's promises.
别把你的希望寄托在主席的诺言上。 - The politician's actions do not consist with the promises in his speeches.
那位政客的行为与他在演说里所作的承诺不符。 - The news of the war brings little promise of peace.
战争的消息几乎没有给和平带来希望。 - My son is showing great promise as a cricketer.
我的儿子有成为一名板球手的希望。 - You show promise as a musician but your lack of practice is keeping you back.
你有希望成为音乐家,但是缺乏实践,影响你的发展。
~+to- v- They failed to fulfil their promises to revive the economy.
他们没能实现使经济复苏的诺言。 - My promise to lend you 50 dollars still holds true.
我要借给你50美元的承诺仍然不变。 - We shall always keep our promise not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
我们将始终遵守不干涉别国内政的诺言。
~+that-clause- We must have your promise that you will keep it to yourself.
你必须答应我们你会保守秘密。 - The politicians are bidding for our favour by making wild promises that they can't keep.
政治家们为获取人们的支持而漫天许愿。 - Despite their promise that they would bring down the prices, prices have gone on rising.
尽管他们许下了降低物价的诺言,物价还是继续上涨。
六、经典引文
Becket had broken his promise to submit to the Constitutions.
出自:J. A. FroudeGladstone was able to redeem his campaign promise.
出自:A. S. DaleHe could make no promises.
出自:A. CohenThe princes promised free constitutions to their people.
出自:E. A. FreemanNot if they promised me a bucket of free quahogs.
出自:S. J. PerelmanHe promised that if elected he would serve out his term.
出自:Economist
七、词义辨析
v.(动词)- promise, allow
- 这两个词都可译为“答应”,其区别是:
- allow含义是“允许”,而promise含义是“应承”。例如:
- He has allowed me to come.
- 他允许我来。
- He promised me to come.
- 他答应我他会来。
- promise, consent
- 这两个词都有“答应”的意思。其区别是:
- promise是“自己主动答应”这一概念,含有自觉主动的意味; 而consent则是“答应人家的要求”,含有被动的意味。试比较:
- Our director has promised to make a speech.
- 我们的主任已答应作个报告。
- (是他主动答应的)
- We asked our director to make a speech and he consented.
- 我们要求主任作个报告,他答应了。
- (是我们要求的)
- promise, contract, covenant, engage, pledge
- 这组词都有“允诺”的意思。其区别是:
- promise指作出口头或书面的许诺,但仅指主观意愿,并不暗示一定能实现或有实现的基础; engage指在正式或重大场合用誓言、条约等许下有约束力的诺言或作出可以信赖的保证,尤指订婚; pledge指用行动或言语作出庄严的许诺或正式保证; covenant指订立双方或多方共同遵守的协议; contract指订立慎重并且通常有法律效力的合同或协议。例如:
- Our son is engaged to a nice young girl.我们的儿子已跟一位漂亮的女孩订了婚。
- I covenant to pay 5000 pounds a year to help rebuild the college.我立约保证每年将付5000英镑帮助重建学院。
- They have pledged that any detail given to them will remain confidential.他们已保证,给他们提供的任何细节将予以保密。
- Many councils are contracting out services such as rubbish collection to private companies as a way of cutting costs.许多市政会把垃圾收集这样的服务项目包给私人公司以减少费用。
- promise, keep one's word
- 这两者均含有“许诺”之意。其区别是:
- promise指“许诺”,只指意图,而不指义务,只指美好的愿望,不指坏的意图; keep one's word则指作出promise后遵守自己的诺言。例如:
- He promised to come and see me today, but he failed to keep his word.他答应今天来看我,但他没能守约。
- I'll keep my word;I'll tell him everything.我将遵守诺言,把一切告诉他。
- promise, permit
- 这两个词的共同意思是“允许”。其区别是:
- permit通常含有积极地、正面地“允许”的意义,例如通过法令或正式条文“允许”某件事; promise 作“答应”解时,含有“保证”之意,指答应或保证自己要做某一件事。例如:
- He has promised a thorough investigation into the affair.他已经答应彻底查办此事。
- 下面三句意思相同:
- They promised me an immediate answer.
- They promised me to give an immediate answer.
- They promised me that they would give an immediate answer.
- 他们答应我立即作出答复。
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