promise

/'prɑmɪs/

n&v 诺言；指望；前途

例句：The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday.（邮局已承诺在星期五恢复该地区第一类邮件的递送。）；He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment.（他已承诺富人和特权阶层将不会再得到优待。）

派生：promising；promissory；promisingly；promisee；promisor；promiser

短语：promise oneself；keep promise；show promise

同近：wish；hope；pleasure；pledge；vouchsafe