promise
- IPA[ˈpräməs]
美式
- a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen；the quality of potential excellence
- assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; undertake or declare 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
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名詞
- 1. a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen what happened to all those firm promises of support? he took my fax number with the promise that he would send me a drawing 同義詞
- ▪ the quality of potential excellence he showed great promise even as a junior officer 同義詞
- ▪ an indication that something specified is expected or likely to occur the promise of peace 同義詞
動詞
- 1. assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; undertake or declare that something will happen he promised to forward my mail she made him promise that he wouldn't do it again 同義詞
- ▪ 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 or situation) forthcoming concerts promise a feast of music from around the world it promised to be a night that all present would long remember 同義詞
- ▪ (of a person, publication, institution, etc.) announce (something) as being expected to happen we're promised more winter weather tonight in its pre-Christmas trading statement it promised record results
- ▪ contemplate the pleasant expectation of he tidied up the room, promising himself an early night
- (in the Bible) the land of Canaan, that was promised to Abraham and his descendants (Gen. 12:7).
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- (in the Bible) the land of Canaan, that was promised to Abraham and his descendants (Gen. 12:7).
Oxford American Dictionary
- used to indicate that the speaker is skeptical about someone's stated intention to do something
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- used to indicate that the speaker is sceptical about someone's stated intention to do something
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- used for emphasis, especially so as to reassure, encourage, or threaten someone
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- used for emphasis, especially so as to reassure, encourage, or threaten someone
Oxford American Dictionary
- make extravagant promises that are unlikely to be fulfilled
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- confidently assured of something, especially of having sex
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- IPA[ˈprɒmɪs]
英式
- 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
- 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
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