Promise作名词的时候,表示有希望、有前途。朋友说不久前听一个朋友七岁的女儿弹琴,颇有天才。那位钢琴老师说:She has high promise of a pianist(大有希望成为钢琴家。)此外称一个人大有前途,除high promise外,常见的还有bright, brilliant或者great等词形容。比如朋友的男孩子能说善辩,朋友说他:He has a great future to be a statesman.
除了上面的用法之外,promise还有下面这样的用法:The sky gives promise of fine weather tomorrow(连日阴雨,忽见天空云随风散,可知明日将会转晴。);The report gives promise of a better tomorrow(经济低迷,前者未可乐观,但是有报告指出“明天”会转好。)
Promise作动词用,有“希望”和“约束”两个意思。例如The sky gives promise of fine weather tomorrow可以更简单地说成:The sky promises a fine weather tomorrow。
(《摘自《联合早报》)
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