promised
英['prɒmɪs] 美['prɑːmɪs]
"there is little or no promise that he will recover"
"I promise you my best effort"
"Call the outcome of an election"
"The new results were promising"
"The results promised fame and glory"
He has promised most of his books away to his friends.
他已答应把他大部分书籍送给他的朋友们。
He has promised most of the money away to various people.
他已答应把这笔钱的一大部分送给了各种人。
Becket had broken his promise to submit to the Constitutions.
出自:J. A. FroudeGladstone was able to redeem his campaign promise.
出自:A. S. DaleHe could make no promises.
出自:A. CohenThe princes promised free constitutions to their people.
出自:E. A. FreemanNot if they promised me a bucket of free quahogs.
出自:S. J. PerelmanHe promised that if elected he would serve out his term.
出自:Economist误 It promised difficult job.
正 It promised to be a difficult job.
析 表示“有希望,有可能”, promise后接不定式时常限于to be...。
误 She shows great promises as a pianist.
正 She shows great promise as a pianist.
析 promise作“希望”“前途”解时是不可数名词,后面不应该加s。
她答应帮助我。误 She gave me the promise of helping me.
正 She gave me the promise to help me.
析 表示“答应某人做某事”可说give sb a promise to- v ,在promise后须用动词不定式,不能用“of+动名词”结构。
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