promise

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹɒmɪs/    美 /ˈpɹɑmɪs/|/ˈpɹɔmɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An oath or affirmation; a vow. countable
    — When I make a promise, I always stick to it.
  2. A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. countable
    — He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.
  3. Reason to expect improvement or success; potential. uncountable
    — My native country was full of youthful promise.
  4. A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation. countable
    — You can often use observables instead of promises to deliver values asynchronously.
  5. Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised. countable,obsolete
    — He […] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father.
动词 v.
  1. To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow. ambitransitive,ditransitive
    — "You think that I'll take anything." "I know you will, sweet." … "There wasn't going to be any of that. You promised there wouldn't be." "Well, there is now," she said sweetly.
  2. To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good. ambitransitive
    — The clouds promise rain.

词形变化

promises plural promyse alternative,obsolete promises present,singular,third-person promising participle,present promised participle,past promised past promyse alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
stipulate
衍生词
a lick and a promise a promise is a promise a promise made is a promise kept breach of promise break a promise break one's promise break-promise election promise forepromise lick and a promise mispromise on a promise outpromise overpromise pinky promise prepromise promisable promiseful promiseless promiser promise ring promise the earth promise the moon promise the stars promise the world repromise underpromise unpromise
相关词
promised promisee promising promisor promissory

词源

词源 1
From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter past participles of prōmittō (“to send forth, to say beforehand, to promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).
词源 2
From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter past participles of prōmittō (“to send forth, to say beforehand, to promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).
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