promise

promise /promise/
  • danh từ
    • lời hứa, điều hứa, điều hẹn ước; sự hứa hẹn
      • to keep to one's promise: giữ lời hứa
      • to break one's promise: không giữ lời hứa, bội ước
      • promise of marriage: sự hứa hôn
      • empty promise: lời hứa hão, lời hứa suông
    • (nghĩa bóng) triển vọng, hứa hẹn
      • a young man of promise: một thanh niên có triển vọng
    • land of promise
      • chốn thiên thai, nơi cực lạc
  • động từ
    • hứa, hứa hẹn, hẹn ước
      • to promise someone something; to promise something to someone: hứa hẹn ai việc gì
      • this year promises good crops: năm nay hứa hẹn được mùa
    • làm cho hy vọng; báo hiệu, báo trước
      • the clouds promise rain: mây nhiều báo hiệu trời mưa
    • (thông tục) đảm bảo, cam đoan
      • I promise you, it will not be so easy: tôi cam đoan với anh, chuyện ấy sẽ không dễ thế đâu
    • promised land
      • chốn thiên thai, nơi cực lạc
    • to promise oneself something
      • tự dành cho mình trong tương lai cái gì (điều thích thú...)
    • to promise well
      • có triển vọng tốt
Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 hứa
 lời hứa
  • breach of promise: sự không giữ lời hứa
  • conditional promise: lời hứa có điều kiện
  • execute one's promise (to...): thực hiện lời hứa
  • release someone from a promise: miễn trừ nghĩa vụ thực hiện lời hứa cho ai
  • written promise: lời hứa trên giấy tờ
    •  sự hứa hẹn
    joint and several promise
     cam kết liên đới chung và riêng
    joint and several promise
     sự cam kết liên đới
    promise of sale
     hứa bán
    promise to pay
     sự hứa trả
    release someone from a promise (to...)
     giải ước cho ai

    Xem thêm: hope, assure, predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate



    promise

    Từ điển Collocation

    promise noun

    1 statement that you will do sth

    ADJ. big He makes all kinds of big promises he has little intention of keeping. | rash | broken, unfulfilled | empty, false, hollow | vague | binding, firm | campaign, election, pre-election

    VERB + PROMISE give sb, make (sb) You gave me your promise I could use the car tonight. I'll consider it, but I make no promises. | fulfil, honour, keep | break, go back on | extract We extracted a promise from them that they would repay the money by May. | hold sb to The Opposition is determined to hold the government to its election promises.

    PREP. ~ about They've made all sorts of promises about reforming the health system. | ~ of promises of support

    2 signs that sb/sth will be successful

    ADJ. considerable, great, real This new venture holds great promise for the future. | early, youthful

    VERB + PROMISE hold, show | fulfil, live up to His career failed to fulfil its early promise.

    PREP. of ~ a pianist of promise | ~ as She showed great promise as a runner.

    PHRASES full of promise The year began so full of promise, and ended in disappointment.

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
    • grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; hope

      there is little or no promise that he will recover

      v.

    • make a promise or commitment; assure
    • promise to undertake or give

      I promise you my best effort

    • make a prediction about; tell in advance; predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate

      Call the outcome of an election

    • give grounds for expectations

      The new results were promising

      The results promised fame and glory

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    promises|promised|promising
    syn.: anticipate assure call forebode foretell hope predict prognosticate