Promise

(noun.) grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; 'there is little or no promise that he will recover'.

(noun.) a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future.

(verb.) make a promise or commitment.

(verb.) promise to undertake or give; 'I promise you my best effort'.

(verb.) give grounds for expectations; 'The new results were promising'; 'The results promised fame and glory'.

整理:马提

• To Gudrun this day was full of a promise like spring. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I can bring myself to promise nothing more tonight, Lizzie, except that I will try what I can do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• His confession was silent, and her promise of faithfulness was silent. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Will you promise to sit up with me to bear me company? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Twice or thrice in the year, according to her promise, she wrote him letters to Madras, letters all about little Georgy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• For he never once, from the moment when I entreated him to be a friend to Richard, neglected or forgot his promise. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He told me he had promised the Bishop to sign some kind of a petition against divorce. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Where's the beef and vegetables I sent home, and the pudding you promised? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Sir Thomas promised that it should be so. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But I promised to return soon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The professor made me great acknowledgments for communicating these observations, and promised to make honourable mention of me in his treatise. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• But thou promised to teach us all thy arts for the money we pay thee, objected Hielman, who was of an avaricious turn of mind. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I even promised that I would hide my uncouth sentiments in my own breast. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• My little sister must make her own experiments, said he; I will give no promises. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Noon approached, and after many adieux and promises to return, he tore himself away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• So, when I am after a chemical result that I have in mind, I may make hundreds or thousands of experiments out of which there may be one that promises results in the right direction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This convention is not of the nature of a promise: For even promises themselves, as we shall see afterwards, arise from human conventions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Would you do me the favour, miss, to take notice o' two promises and wows wot it is my wishes fur to record in this here crisis? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The timid little beauty promises in all earnestness to be trustworthy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• At that time he was in the prime of life, being less than fifty years of age, and possessed an admirable physique, promising long life. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And was it a hopeful or a promising thing anywhere? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• And it makes a pretty and a promising picter; don't it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This was a common phrase of words which had a fair and promising sound, and I resolved to form Dora's mind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• In the evening a few circumstances occurred which he thought more promising. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Doctor Strong refers to me in public as a promising young scholar. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• But even to get the very doubtful and preliminary stage of making the appeal, seemed one of the least promising of human undertakings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

手打:苏珊