英语词汇“to promise fair”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. With indication of future success or achievement; promisingly, auspiciously; favourably. Now chiefly in to bid fair at bid v.¹ 4, to promise fair (see promise v. 5).In later use chiefly with for or infinitive, indicating what is likely to occur or be the case.to put fair, to stand fair: see the verbs.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [adverb] > in an auspicious manner

fair?a1160

ominously1598

auspiciously1619

benignly1645

unominously1824

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adverb] > in a promising manner

fair?a1160

auspiciously1619

?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1154 He..[nu is] abbot & fa [ir] haued begunnon.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) l. 509 Ferden alle martirs feire [c1225 Bodl. wið murhðe] to criste.

?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 467 (MED) Feire fareþ þis ȝunge men..Into Egipte lond.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 27 Þe haþel clene of his hert hapnez ful fayre, For he schal loke on oure Lorde wyth a bone chere.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Z^v Fayre mote he thee.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. v. 44 Since this businesse so faire is done.

1677 R. Allestree Disc. concerning Period Humane Life 77 The next thing I premised was to lay down the two common opinions that offer fair for removing the difficulty.

1789 D. Rittenhouse tr. G. E. Lessing Lucy Sampson iv. v. 59 The beginning promises fair, and Mellefont seems inclined to become still more secure.

1834 Niles' Reg. 19 July 349/2 I have just seen and examined the model of a rail road car..which offers fair to render travelling and transportation over inclined planes entirely free from danger.

1906 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 6 614 A nurse's neatness promises fair for her surgical cleanliness.

1985 C. McCarthy Blood Meridian (1992) ix. 124 Morning, said Toadvine. Looks fair to clear.

单词	to promise fair
释义	> as lemmas to promise fair a. With indication of future success or achievement; promisingly, auspiciously; favourably. Now chiefly in to bid fair at bid v.¹ 4, to promise fair (see promise v. 5).In later use chiefly with for or infinitive, indicating what is likely to occur or be the case.to put fair, to stand fair: see the verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [adverb] > in an auspicious manner fair?a1160 ominously1598 auspiciously1619 benignly1645 unominously1824 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adverb] > in a promising manner fair?a1160 auspiciously1619 ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1154 He..[nu is] abbot & fa [ir] haued begunnon. c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) l. 509 Ferden alle martirs feire [c1225 Bodl. wið murhðe] to criste. ?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 467 (MED) Feire fareþ þis ȝunge men..Into Egipte lond. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 27 Þe haþel clene of his hert hapnez ful fayre, For he schal loke on oure Lorde wyth a bone chere. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Z^v Fayre mote he thee. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. v. 44 Since this businesse so faire is done. View more context for this quotation 1677 R. Allestree Disc. concerning Period Humane Life 77 The next thing I premised was to lay down the two common opinions that offer fair for removing the difficulty. 1789 D. Rittenhouse tr. G. E. Lessing Lucy Sampson iv. v. 59 The beginning promises fair, and Mellefont seems inclined to become still more secure. 1834 Niles' Reg. 19 July 349/2 I have just seen and examined the model of a rail road car..which offers fair to render travelling and transportation over inclined planes entirely free from danger. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 6 614 A nurse's neatness promises fair for her surgical cleanliness. 1985 C. McCarthy Blood Meridian (1992) ix. 124 Morning, said Toadvine. Looks fair to clear. extracted from fairadv. < as lemmas
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