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promise

P 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈprɒm.ɪs]
  • 美式音标 [ˈprɑː.mɪs]
  • 国际音标 ['prɔmis]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 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

词源解说

  • 1400年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的promissum：pro (以前） + mittere (放，送），意为誓言。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    promising：有希望的，有前途的。
    promissory：约定的；允诺的；约定支付的。
  • adv性质的同根词
    promisingly：充满希望地；大有可为地。
  • n性质的同根词
    promisee：[金融]受约人，承诺人。
    promisor：[法]立约人，契约者。
    promiser：立约人，许诺者。
  • v性质的同根词
    promising：许诺，答应（promise的现在分词形式）。

用法辨析

    v. (动词)

  • promise作“允诺”“答应”解时,是指作出口头或书面的许诺,答应别人自己去做某事,但仅指主观意愿,并不一定能实现或有实现的基础。
  • promise用作及物动词,其后可接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语,也可接由名词、动词不定式、that从句充当直接宾语的双宾语,其间接宾语可以转换为介词to的宾语。
  • promise也可作“有可能”“给人以…指望”解,可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词; 用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。

    • n. (名词)

  • promise作名词的基本意思是“承诺,诺言”,是可数名词; promise也可作“希望,出息”解,可用来指人的出息,也可用来指事情有希望,是不可数名词。
  • promise有时可接动词不定式或that引导的从句来充当定语或同位语。

英汉例句

    用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • I can't promise.
    我不能答应。

    • 用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • I want you to promise me.
    我想让你对我作出承诺。

    • S+～+to- v

  • We promised to bring them to the circus.
    我们答应过带他们去看马戏。

    • S+～+that-clause

  • I promised that I would write regularly.
    我答应我要经常写信。

    • 用作双宾动词: S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

  • I want you to promise me one thing.
    我要你答应我一件事。

    • S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

  • I've promised the next dance to Jim.
    我已答应下一场和吉姆跳舞。

    • S+～+ n./pron. +(to-) v

  • You must promise me to take a thorough rest.
    你一定要答应我彻底休息一下。

    • S+～+ pron./n. +that-clause

  • I promised Mrs. Neil that I could stop in at her home today.
    我答应内尔夫人今天我去拜访她。

    • 用作名词 (n.)

  • I should not have believed the promise of the boss.
    我本不该相信老板的许诺的。

    • ～+to- v

  • They failed to fulfil their promises to revive the economy.
    他们没能实现使经济复苏的诺言。

    • ～+that-clause

  • We must have your promise that you will keep it to yourself.
    你必须答应我们你会保守秘密。

词组短语

    用作动词 (v.)

    ～+名词

  • promise a dance (to sb) 答应(与某人)跳舞
  • promise help 答应帮助
  • promise oneself sth 指望获得某物,决心弄到某物
  • promise rain 有希望下雨
  • promise students a day 's holiday 答应放学生一天假

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (SAY CERTAINLY) to tell someone that you will certainly do something
  • (BE EXPECTED) If something promises to be good, exciting, etc. it is expected to be good, exciting, etc.
  • (SAY CERTAINLY) the act of saying that you will certainly do something
  • (EXPECTED) the idea that someone or something is likely to develop successfully and that people expect this to happen

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you promise that you will do something, you say to someone that you will definitely do it.
  • If you promise someone something, you tell them that you will definitely give it to them or make sure that they have it.
  • A promise is a statement that you make to a person in which you say that you will definitely do something or give them something.
  • If a situation or event promises to have a particular quality or to be a particular thing, it shows signs that it will have that quality or be that thing.
  • If someone or something shows promise, they seem likely to be very good or successful.

专业释义

    法学

  • 承诺

    The fourth part discusses the constructive promise, mainly about the definition and the features of constructive promise.
    主要论述了推定的承诺的含义、特征。

  • 允诺

    It is a problem of the choice of legislation. The theory of unilateral promise should be brought into the law of obligation.
    第二章:通过对英美法系国家关于单方允诺立法经验的介绍,分析了英美法系对于这一问题的处理方式。

  • 约定

    To deal with conflict of rights of Intellectual Property nether principle can be applied: 1 Principle of promise first.
    知识产权冲突的解决应以公平与效率为最终目标，寻求良性解决之途。 处理知识产权的权利冲突，可以适用下列原则：(1)约定优先原则。

    哲学

  • 信

    Particularly the different performances and virtues between "promise" and "non-promise" from three aspects.
    从正反两个方面看待“信”与“不信”的不同表现和价值取向,以下三个角度进行分析：第一,“信”在个人品行中的表现。

    物理学

  • 许诺