1、default

不履行;未支付

The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans.

信用卡業(yè)務出現(xiàn)了下滑，而且越來越多的借款者都不按期還款。

The first warning signals came in March when the company defaulted on its initial payment of 30 million pounds.

第一次出現(xiàn)警示信號是在3月份，當時該公司未能按時交納3,000萬英鎊的首期付款。

默認的

default passwords installed on commercial machines.

商用機器上設置的默認口令

Death, not life, is the default state of cells.

細胞的常態(tài)是死亡而不是存活。

(事情的發(fā)生)自動地(因可能阻止或改變結(jié)果之事未發(fā)生)

Spassky won the first game, and was awarded by the second by default, when Fischer failed to put in an appearance.

斯帕斯基贏了第一局，又因菲舍爾第二局未能上場而再勝一局。

I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.

我寧愿把這些錢付給個人，也不愿它們因未作任何處置而自動地歸國家所有。

2、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(qū)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(jīng)保證富人和特權階層不會再得到優(yōu)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(tǒng)治。