英语词典 · 单词释义
promise
英 ['prɒmɪs] 美 ['prɑmɪs]
这里集中整理“promise”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词,方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 许诺,允诺;希望
- vt. 允诺,许诺;给人以…的指望或希望
- vi. 许诺;有指望,有前途
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: promises;第三人称单数: promises;过去式: promised;过去分词: promised;现在分词: promising;
中文词源
promise 承诺,保证
来自古法语promesse,承诺,保证,来自拉丁语promissum,承诺,来自pro-,向前,-miss,送出,词源同mission,emit.
英文词源
- promise
- promise: [14] Latin prōmittere originally meant simply ‘send forth’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and mittere ‘send’, source of English mission, missile, transmit, etc). But it soon evolved metaphorically via ‘say in advance, foretell’ to ‘cause to expect’ and hence ‘promise’ – the sense adopted into English via its past participle prōmissum.
=> admit, commit, missile, mission, submit, transmit - promise (n.)
- c. 1400, "a pledge, vow," from Old French promesse "promise, guarantee, assurance" (13c.) and directly from Latin promissum "a promise," noun use of neuter past participle of promittere "send forth; let go; foretell; assure beforehand, promise," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + mittere "to put, send" (see mission). The ground sense is "declaration made about the future, about some act to be done or not done."
- promise (v.)
- c. 1400, from promise (n.). Related: Promised; promising. Promised land (1530s) is a reference to the land of Canaan promised to Abraham and his progeny (Hebrew xi:9, etc.; Greek ten ges tes epangelias).
双语例句
- 1. The boy first showed promise as an athlete in grade school.
- 这个男孩在上小学的时候就初次显示出成为运动员的潜力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'm hoping you'll keep your promise to come for a long visit.
- 我希望你遵守诺言来这儿多呆几天。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. President Kaunda fulfilled his promise of announcing a date for the referendum.
- 卡翁达总统兑现了他的承诺,宣布了全民公决的日期。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. This approach, more than any other, holds promise for true reform.
- 这一方法比其他任何方法都更让人看到真正改革的希望。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. This will all come out in the wash—I promise you.
- 一切终会真相大白的——我向你保证。
来自柯林斯例句
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