1、promise

承諾；保證；答應

The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday.

郵局承諾于星期五恢復對這個地區第一類郵件的遞送。

He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment.

他已經保證富人和特權階層不會再得到優惠待遇。

答應給予；承諾給予；保證讓…得到

In 1920 the great powers promised them an independent state.

1920年，列強承諾讓他們成為一個獨立的國家。

The officers promise a return to multiparty rule.

這些官員承諾恢復多黨統治。

諾言；承諾；保證

If you make a promise, you should keep it.

如果做出了承諾，就應該遵守。

The program has lived up to its promise to promote family welfare.

這個項目恪守了其改善家庭福利的承諾。

（非常好的或成功的）希望，跡象，指望

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、nurture

養育;培育

Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood.

父母希望知道養育孩子長大成人的最佳方法。

The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.

這個現代化溫室的環境不適合培育植物。

發展，孕育(計劃、想法等);培養(人等)

She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son.

她總是鼓勵兒子要樹立遠大抱負。

parents whose political views were nurtured in the sixties.

政治觀點形成于60年代的父母一輩

教育;教養;培養

The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture.

人的學習能力部分是天生的，部分是后天培養的。