Promise作名詞用的常用表現(xiàn)之二，表示有希望、有前途。啡友L說不久前聽朋友七歲的女娃娃彈琴，頗有天才。那位鋼琴老師說：She has high promise of a pianist，大有希望成為鋼琴家也。稱一個(gè)人大有前途，除high promise外，常以bright, brilliant或者great等詞形容。朋友的男孩子能說善辯，朋友說他：He has a great future to be a statesman.雖然做父親的對(duì)政治毫無興趣。
連日陰雨，忽見天空云隨風(fēng)散，可知明日將會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)晴：The sky gives promise of fine weather tomorrow.經(jīng)濟(jì)低迷，前者未可樂觀，但是有經(jīng)濟(jì)專家在會(huì)議中提出報(bào)告，指出“明天”會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)好：The report gives promise of a better tomorrow.這樣的giving promises，即使難免hallow，啡友們都說可以使希望常在?；钪邢Ｍ?，總是好事。
Promise作動(dòng)詞用，也有“希望”和“約束”兩意。例如The sky gives promise of fine weather tomorrow可以更簡(jiǎn)單地說成：The sky promises a fine weather tomorrow.
連日陰雨，忽見天空云隨風(fēng)散，可知明日將會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)晴：The sky gives promise of fine weather tomorrow.經(jīng)濟(jì)低迷，前者未可樂觀，但是有經(jīng)濟(jì)專家在會(huì)議中提出報(bào)告，指出“明天”會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)好：The report gives promise of a better tomorrow.這樣的giving promises，即使難免hallow，啡友們都說可以使希望常在?；钪邢Ｍ?，總是好事。
Promise作動(dòng)詞用，也有“希望”和“約束”兩意。例如The sky gives promise of fine weather tomorrow可以更簡(jiǎn)單地說成：The sky promises a fine weather tomorrow.