首页英语词典promisepromise英英释意

promise

英['prɒmɪs] 美['prɑmɪs]
  • 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

英英释意


1. a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
2. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
"there is little or no promise that he will recover"