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

单词	promise
释义	prom·ise I. \ˈprämə̇s\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English promis, promisse, from Latin promissum, from neuter of promissus, past participle of promittere to send forth, promise, from pro- forth + mittere to send — more at pro-, smite 1. a. : a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified < never gave a promise that he did not intend to keep > < miserable record of broken promises > < effort of the Conservative government to validate its promise to denationalize the steel industry — Alzada Comstock > b. : an undertaking however expressed that something will happen or that something will not happen in the future; specifically : a declaration that gives the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act — compare agreement, cause, consideration, contract, pact c. : a formal pledge of loyalty to various aims required by an organization < the Girl Scout promise > 2. a. : ground for expectation usually of success, improvement, or excellence < young poets of promise > < our time is … poised between promise and despair — Norman Cousins > b. : appearance, character, or quality that gives or seems to give such ground of expectation < book shows promise of popular appeal — R.G.Albion > 3. : something that is promised < I'll claim that promise at your Grace's hand — Shakespeare > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English promisen, from promis, n. *transitive verb* 1. : to engage to do or bring about (as something desired or pleasing) : give assurance or promise of < promised to be careful > < promised assistance whenever it should be needed > < promised his son a new bicycle > < promised the court to be ready > < promise me that you will tell no one > 2. archaic : to affirm to someone the truth or certainty of (something stated) : warrant, assure < I do not like thy look, I promise thee — Shakespeare > 3. chiefly dialect : betroth < she was happy, bein' promised to the son o' Farmer Brown — J.W.Riley > 4. : to give ground for expecting : foretoken < gray skies promising rain > < promises to be the best game of the season > 5. : to execute (as a note) as promisor *intransitive verb* 1. : to give one's word to do or refrain from doing something < you always promise, and you never do it > 2. : to give ground for expectation : be imminent or threatening < there had been a little rain, and more was promising — George Farwell > < the venture promises well > Synonyms: engage, pledge, plight, covenant, contract: promise indicates the giving of a stated assurance about some future act or action < he promised to pay the bill > < she promised the child a new toy > < the amnesty promised by the king to political prisoners — Current Biography > Sometimes it signifies a giving of evidence or indication rather than a granting of one's word < the child promises to be tall > < the night before it had rained and more rain was promised — Sherwood Anderson > engage is used in formal or consequential situations to indicate a promising regarded as binding and one to be relied on, often concerning conduct over a period of time < “You couldn't make some arrangement?” she asked. “Engage somebody to stay with him, or — or send him away?” — Ellen Glasgow > < engaged to be married > pledge, aside from uses in connection with drives and charities < to pledge a dollar to a special church fund > may apply to solemn binding assurance concerning a consequential matter < I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands — Francis Bellamy > < thirteen of the 26 delegates were pledged to bolt the convention — Collier's Year Book > < Austria swarmed with excited and angry men pledged to destroy the Church — Hilaire Belloc > plight, indicating solemn promise, now exists mainly in stereotyped phrases < to plight one's troth > although it is occasionally used elsewhere < if for America it is too violent a wrench to plight its fate with Europe — Nathaniel Peffer > covenant stresses formality and seriousness of intent in promises < covenanted to defeat the present conspiracy to set up a Home Rule Parliament in Ireland — Rose Macaulay > < the seller covenants to indemnify the purchaser if these provisions cannot be fulfilled > contract may suggest definite agreements to be relied on in business and legal affairs < the John Doe company has contracted to supply the equipment > < he contracted to pay the interest on his brother's debts >
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