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单词 promising
释义
promisingprom‧is‧ing /ˈprɒməsɪŋ $ ˈprɑː-/ ●○○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Jonathan is one of our most promising employees.
  • Matthew is a promising young dancer with lots of stage personality.
  • My grandfather gave up a promising career in law to fight for his country.
  • Peter gave up a promising career in chemical engineering to become a priest.
  • The future looks promising for British companies abroad.
  • The weather outlook for the weekend isn't very promising.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • After working out with the region's most promising 12- to 14-year-olds, it was time for the main event.
  • By ensuring that only the most promising designs enter the wind tunnel, it has made physical evaluation more cost effective.
  • Louis Blom-Cooper and his team made a reasonably promising start yesterday.
  • On stage, Euripides's plainness is both promising and exposing.
  • Small farms were assigned to sons of noblemen and promising warriors, on condition they reported annually for military service.
  • The intermediate level of reconstruction, option two, reduced speeds and gave very promising results in accident reduction.
  • Toleafoa had been a promising junior when she joined the circuit full time, just over a year ago.
  • With the soaring costs of producing meat and feedstuffs for cattle, the animal-plant hybrids may well have a promising future.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
achieving what you wanted, or having the effect or result you intended: · He applied for a visa three times and in the end he was successful.· The treatment was successful.· It was a highly successful campaign.
having the effect or result that was wanted – used especially about treatments, drugs, or methods: · The drug is effective against a range of diseases.· We still haven't found an effective way to solve the problem.
successful as a result of winning in a game, election, war etc: · the captain of the victorious team· She emerged victorious in the second round of voting.
likely to be very successful in the future, used especially about someone who is good at a job, sport, art etc: · a promising young athlete· He gave up a promising career in banking.
very successful – used about a company, industry, or organization that is doing well at a particular time: · The area has a thriving tourist industry.· The school is thriving academically.
extremely successful – used about an economy, or when business or trade is increasing: · the booming economy in China· Business is booming.
Longman Language Activatorlikely to become good at something
someone who is promising or shows promise , especially someone who is young, is good at something and seems likely to become very good and successful at it: · The new England team members show a lot of promise.promising actor/musician/player etc: · Promising researchers are allowed to take time off teaching and administrative duties.
natural ability that could be developed so that you become extremely good at something: · Stephen is a player with real potential.have/show potential: · He's young but he shows a lot of potential.· She may not be a great violinist yet but she has potential.potential to do/be something: · One of their children has the potential to be a brilliant scientist.
to have the qualities or skills needed to become a particular type of person or thing: · They have the makings of a good team this year.
making you feel more hope
· The fact that the two sides have agreed to hold negotiations is an extremely hopeful sign.look hopeful · Things might get better, but it isn't looking very hopeful right now.sound hopeful · At the interview they told me I was "the right sort of person'. I thought that sounded kind of hopeful.
making you feel more confident and hopeful: · The doctor had some encouraging news -- I would soon be able to walk again.· There are one or two more encouraging signs in the economy now.· So far the results of our tests have been very encouraging.
seeming likely to be good or successful: · The future looks promising for British companies abroad.· The weather outlook for the weekend isn't very promising.· My grandfather gave up a promising career in law to fight for his country.
if something such as a new situation or discovery offers hope , it makes it possible for people to feel more hopeful that a bad situation will improve: offer hope to: · The new treatment may offer hope to thousands of cancer patients.offer hope of: · A recent UN initiative seems to offer some hope of a lasting peace settlement in the region.
to make people more confident than before that what they are hoping for will happen: raise hopes that: · The latest news has raised hopes that another Western hostage might soon be released.raise somebody's hopes: · Speculation in the press about tax cuts has raised everyone's hopes.
formal making people hopeful that good things will happen: · The baseball season got off to an auspicious start with two good wins for the Tokyo Giants.· It is my honour to toast the bride and groom on this auspicious occasion.
something good that gives you hope that a long and difficult period is going to end soon: · For Jane there is some light at the end of the tunnel, but many anorexia sufferers continue to suffer in silence.see the light at the end of the tunnel (=realize that there is hope): · After all the problems we've had we're finally beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
something that gives you a small reason to hope that a bad situation will improve: · The news gave a glimmer of hope that Michael might be released from prison early.· The one ray of hope seemed to be the possibility that the enemy would call off their attack because of the weather.
likely to be successful in the future
if a person, company, or product has potential , they are likely to be successful in the future, especially if they develop in the right way: · Slater has enormous potential, and should soon be playing football for England.· She realized that cosmetics made from natural products had great commercial potential.reach/fulfil/realize/achieve your (full) potential (=be as successful as you have the ability to be): · Sadly, many students leave before they have the opportunity to achieve their potential.
likely, but not certain, to be very successful: · Jonathan is one of our most promising employees.· Matthew is a promising young dancer with lots of stage personality.· Peter gave up a promising career in chemical engineering to become a priest.
if someone will go far or will go a long way , they will be very successful, especially because they have shown natural ability in something or shown that they have the right sort of character to do something: · I remember watching her play, and thinking 'she'll go far.'· If this team keeps its mind on nothing but football, it will go a long, long way.
to be likely to be successful in whatever you choose to do as a job, especially because you are clever or have natural ability in something: · He is a successful student with a bright future.· Billy Joe has a great future in this team.· A man like you could have a great future here, but you've got to prove yourself.have a great/bright future ahead of you: · She was an attractive girl with a bright future ahead of her when her life was cut short in a tragic car accident.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=likely to be successful)· She gave up a promising career in advertising in order to look after her children.
(=showing signs of being successful)· Her future as a tennis player looks promising.
(=a good start that makes success seem likely)· Her teacher says she's made a promising start in learning Spanish.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Water-living animals, such as fish, molluscs, sea urchins and corals, are much more promising candidates for preservation.· He'd seen something rather more promising than digital watches under Mr Schofield's work bench, something in a small bag.· Pragmatism tells a more promising story.· But there is another, perhaps more promising category of deterrent effect: general deterrence.· Incidentally, after 18 ... f4 the retraction 19 a3 could be more promising than Timman's retreat.· His father seemed a more promising candidate for that role and he had died a natural death.· The other more promising line of investigation is to explore directly the nature of conversational interaction.· The second looked more promising, if only because it was locked.
· The most promising candidates for such a role were the print workers.· His own choice, Mikhail Vologsky, had proved to be the most promising candidate of the three.· For quick accurate identifications the most promising keys are totally pictorial.· There are always children on the waiting list and each year Cizek chooses the most promising pupils for his class.· Biofuels and wind power are regarded as the most promising technologies, along with small scale hydro and tidal power.· The latter part of the year looks the most promising, so remain calm earlier.· Query expansion and user feedback during the search process appear to be the most promising routes to follow.· About 3 million tonnes of good-quality reserves were defined at Loma Camstro, the most promising of the deposits.
· But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising - even if you have to wait a little time for it.· The intermediate level of reconstruction, option two, reduced speeds and gave very promising results in accident reduction.· It is a raw side but very promising, commented his brother, prop Massimo Cuttitta.· The beta copy of ClarisWorks is very promising but it's too early to award it a best buy rosette.· At first sight this was a very promising substance indeed.· The centre has had a very promising first year with good uptake and usage rates.
NOUN
· Often a son or daughter will have been on the brink of a promising career when they developed their first symptoms.· Tragically his promising career was cut short when he died in a plane crash during a freak snowstorm.· Christopher Knox, defending, said yesterday Herron had lost a promising career.
· Although recognition of handwriting has received much less attention the task is simpler and promising results have been obtained.· Vitamin A Palmitate shows promising results in after-sun products.· The intermediate level of reconstruction, option two, reduced speeds and gave very promising results in accident reduction.· The earliest studies designed to test this idea gave promising results.· Recent work has shown promising results for tablets containing melatonin.· A recent pilot study with combined laser treatment and radiotherapy in oesophageal cancer produced promising results.· A very heavy indicator was tried with promising results.· If the promising results of animal experiments are borne out, this technology could be used to cure diabetes.
· Louis Blom-Cooper and his team made a reasonably promising start yesterday.· After a promising start, the campaign fizzled out in the summer when the full Co-operative Congress refused to back it.· The astute Mr Quiles has made a promising start.· Carrickfergus band Woodburne had a promising start to the season and took third.· I went to the match on Tuesday and was a bit disappointed with it after the promising start at Man.· It was merely interesting, somewhat pedestrian; not a promising start.· Not a promising start, then.
 showing signs of being successful or good in the future:  a promising career in law a promising young actor a promising start► see thesaurus at successful—promisingly adverb
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