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

promise /promˈis/

noun

An undertaking to do or keep from doing something

Expectation, or that which raises expectation

A ground for hope of future excellence

Fulfilment of what is promised (rare)

transitive verb

To undertake by promise to do, give, etc

To betroth

To encourage to expect

To give reason to expect

To assure

To undertake to bestow

intransitive verb

To make a promise or promises

To give rise to or reason for hopes or expectations

To act as sponsor (rare)

ORIGIN: L prōmissum neuter pap of promittere to send forward, from prō forward, and mittere to send

promiseeˈ noun

The person to whom a promise is made

promˈiseful adjective

promˈiseless adjective

promˈiser noun

promˈising adjective

Giving grounds for hope or expectation
Likely to turn out well

promˈisingly adverb

promˈisor noun (law)

The person making a promise

promissˈive /prə-/ adjective

Conveying a promise
Of the nature of a promise

promissˈor noun (Roman law)

The maker of a promise

promˈissorily adverb

promˈissory adjective

Containing a promise of some undertaking to be fulfilled

promˈise-breach noun (Shakespeare)

The breaking of a promise

promˈise-breaker noun (Shakespeare).

promˈise-crammed adjective (Shakespeare)

Fed to repletion with empty promises

promised land noun

The land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, Canaan
Heaven

promˈise-keeping noun (Shakespeare).

promissory note noun

A written promise to pay a sum of money on some future day or on demand

be promised

To have a previous engagement (Shakespeare)
To be betrothed (to another)

breach of promise see under breach

promises, promises (informal)

A sceptical response to an assurance of future action

the Promise

The assurance of God to Abraham that his descendants would become the chosen people