promise

英 ['pr?m?s] 美['prɑm?s]

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復數:?promises;第三人稱單數:?promises;過去式:?promised;過去分詞:?promised;現在分詞:?promising;

promise 承諾，保證

來自古法語promesse,承諾，保證，來自拉丁語promissum,承諾，來自pro-,向前，-miss,送出，詞源同mission,emit.

promise: promise: [14] Latin prōmittere originally meant simply ‘send forth’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and mittere ‘send’, source of English mission, missile, transmit, etc). But it soon evolved metaphorically via ‘say in advance, foretell’ to ‘cause to expect’ and hence ‘promise’ – the sense adopted into English via its past participle prōmissum.
=> admit, commit, missile, mission, submit, transmit
promise (n.): c. 1400, "a pledge, vow," from Old French promesse "promise, guarantee, assurance" (13c.) and directly from Latin promissum "a promise," noun use of neuter past participle of promittere "send forth; let go; foretell; assure beforehand, promise," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + mittere "to put, send" (see mission). The ground sense is "declaration made about the future, about some act to be done or not done."
promise (v.): c. 1400, from promise (n.). Related: Promised; promising. Promised land (1530s) is a reference to the land of Canaan promised to Abraham and his progeny (Hebrew xi:9, etc.; Greek ten ges tes epangelias).

1. The boy first showed promise as an athlete in grade school.: 這個男孩在上小學的時候就初次顯示出成為運動員的潛力。

2. I'm hoping you'll keep your promise to come for a long visit.: 我希望你遵守諾言來這兒多呆幾天。

3. President Kaunda fulfilled his promise of announcing a date for the referendum.: 卡翁達總統兌現了他的承諾，宣布了全民公決的日期。

4. This approach, more than any other, holds promise for true reform.: 這一方法比其他任何方法都更讓人看到真正改革的希望。