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1. Oxford Dictionary

   promise

   • IPA[ˈprɒmɪs]

   英式

   • n.
     a declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen；an indication that something is likely to occur
   • v.
     assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen；pledge (someone, especially a woman) to marry someone else; betroth

   • verb: promise, 3rd person present: promises, gerund or present participle: promising, past tense: promised, past participle: promised

   • noun: promise, plural noun: promises

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen what happened to all those firm promises of support? I did not keep my promise to go home early 同義詞 word of honour, word, assurance, pledge, vow, ... 更多guarantee, oath, bond, undertaking, agreement, commitment, contract, covenant, compact
   • ▪ an indication that something is likely to occur dawn came with the promise of fine weather 同義詞 indication, hint, suggestion, sign
   • 2. the quality of potential excellence he showed great promise even as a junior officer 同義詞 potential, ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, ... 更多potentiality, talent, flair

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen he promised to forward my mail she made him promise that he wouldn't do it again 同義詞 give one's word, swear, pledge, vow, undertake, ... 更多guarantee, assure, contract, engage, give an undertaking, give an assurance, commit oneself, bind oneself, cross one's heart (and hope to die), swear/take an oath, covenant, archaicplight
   • ▪ archaic pledge (someone, especially a woman) to marry someone else; betroth I've been promised to him for years
   • 2. give good grounds for expecting (a particular occurrence) forthcoming concerts promise a feast of music it promised to be a night that all would remember 同義詞 indicate, give an/every indication of, lead one to expect, give good grounds for expecting, point to, ... 更多denote, signify, be a sign of, be evidence of, show signs of, hint at, suggest, give hope of, hold out hopes of, bespeak, presage, be a presage of, augur, herald, bode, foreshadow, portend, literarybetoken, foretoken, forebode, rareharbinger
   • ▪ announce (something) as being expected to happen forecasters were promising a record snowfall in Boston we're promised more winter weather tonight
   • ▪ contemplate the pleasant expectation of he tidied up the sitting room, promising himself an early night

   片語

   • I promise
   • on a promise
   • promise the moon
   • promises, promises