首页英语词典promisepromise考试真题

promise

英 ['prɒmɪs] 美['prɑmɪs]
  • n. 许诺,允诺;希望
  • vt. 允诺,许诺;给人以…的指望或希望
  • vi. 许诺;有指望,有前途

考试真题


Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The promise of rewards, for others.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

No system is impenetrable, and none can promise to eliminate the worst case completely.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Even more interesting is that the promise of a future reward was enough to make adults choose the smaller portion.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Any product that promises to protect your home deserves careful examination.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Adults chose the smaller portion on the mere promise of a future award.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Isn't it a bit weird that spending it should happen in half a blink ( ' , 眨眼 ) of an eye? Doesn't a wallet—that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness—represent something that matters? But I'll leave the economics to the experts.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The sharing economy has a promising future.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The research references studies of people's behavior with food and alcohol and results of alcohol restrictions, and then lists five regulations that the researchers think might be promising if applied to junk foods.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage People are being lured (引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they're paying for it by giving up toads of personal information

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

As baby boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人) came of high-school age, big schools promised economic efficiency.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Since then, Toebe said, she has kept her promise to herself to cut back on her Internet use.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

As part of the Kids Live Well campaign-expected to be announced nationwide Wednesday—participating restaurants must promise to offer at least one children's meal that has fewer than 600 calories(卡路里), no soft drinks and at least two items from the following food groups: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins or low-fat dairy.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

I can promise you one thing: whatever you choose to do for a career, if you work hard at it, eventually, special things will happen.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

In the classic marriage vow, couples promise to stay together in sickness and in health.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

In these groups, which came out of an Eastern European tradition of developing young talent, professors teach promising K-12 students advanced mathematics for several hours after school or on weekends.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

We know the promise is there—this is a well-grounded, talented, warm-hearted group of youngsters.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

So really, those supplements aren’t going to give you that perfect memory in the way that they promise.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Some research does suggest that these programs hold promise.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

We break our promise not to fly after hearing about a neighbour's trip to India.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Politicians are fond of promising rapid energy transitions.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But it is another thing to have a supply of trained talent that could let you carry out this promise.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It promises a long-term career path.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

In the early 20th century, few things were more appealing than the promise of scientific knowledge.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Governments in rich countries now accept that their pension and health-care promises will soon become unaffordable, and many of them have embarked on reforms, but so far only timidly.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

David promised to go on the trip in her place.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

When did we promise the delivery?

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Promise long-term cooperation with the Company

出自-2013年6月听力原文

By promising better after-sales service.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

I know I promise to drive you to the airport next Thursday, but I'm afraid something has come up.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

He is not a man who can keep his promise.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

The man failed to keep his promise.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

In 2018, farmers will plant the varieties with the most promise in the Ebro Delta and Europe's other two main rice-growing regions—along the Po in Italy, and France's Rhone.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

So really, those supplements aren't going to give you that perfect memory in the way that they promise.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

We break our promise not to fly after hearing about a neighbor's trip to India.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

We know the promise is there—this is a well-grounded, talented, warmhearted group of youngsters.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

By promising not to offend the receiver again.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened (蔓上成熟的) promise, I've refused to buy winter tomatoes for years.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

If nations could only keep the initial promises of the Paris Agreement, what would happen by the year 2100?

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

It's important to keep a promise.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Much to the family's surprise, Dennis stuck to his promise! He turned up at the hospital bearing gifts for the new mother lindsey and her baby boy.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

Russia is another country with population problems that could break its economic promise.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund our kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

She would become a promising star.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the initial Paris promises to reduce carbon emissions; this rise could still put coastal cities under water and drive over half of all species to extinction.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

You promised we'd be home in time.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

The idea seems promising,and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( ' , NRC) reviews the company’s application, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are worth.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Getting a DNT signal does not oblige anyone to stop tracking, although some companies have promised to do so.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Protests have erupted over construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope( ' , TMT), a giant observatory that promises to revolutionize humanity’s view of the cosmos.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

If software promises to save lives on the scale that drugs now can, big data may be expected to behave as a big pharma has done.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through.

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

I can promise you this: As a result of working toward this goal, you and your children will benefit and emerge from stressful moments feeling better physically and emotionally.

2020年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ