1、promise

承诺；保证；答应

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

邮局承诺于星期五恢复对这个地区第一类邮件的递送。

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

他已经保证富人和特权阶层不会再得到优惠待遇。

答应给予；承诺给予；保证让…得到

In 1920 the great powers promised them an independent state.

1920年，列强承诺让他们成为一个独立的国家。

The officers promise a return to multiparty rule.

这些官员承诺恢复多党统治。

诺言；承诺；保证

If you make a promise, you should keep it.

如果做出了承诺，就应该遵守。

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

这个项目恪守了其改善家庭福利的承诺。

（非常好的或成功的）希望，迹象，指望

The boy first showed promise as an athlete in grade school.

这个男孩在上小学的时候就初次显示出成为运动员的潜力。

2、nurture

养育;培育

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

父母希望知道养育孩子长大成人的最佳方法。

The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.

这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。

发展，孕育(计划、想法等);培养(人等)

She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son.

她总是鼓励儿子要树立远大抱负。

parents whose political views were nurtured in the sixties.

政治观点形成于60年代的父母一辈

教育;教养;培养

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

人的学习能力部分是天生的，部分是后天培养的。