1、consult

咨询;请教;请示(以获得许可)

Consult your doctor about how much exercise you should attempt.

咨询一下医生你需要多大的运动量。

He needed to consult with an attorney.

他需要找个律师咨询一下。

商量;商讨;商议

After consulting with her daughter and manager she decided to take on the part, on her terms.

与女儿兼经纪人商量之后，她决定出演这一角色，不过要按照她开出的条件。

The two countries will have to consult their allies.

两国不得不与盟国商议。

查阅，查询(书、地图等)

Consult the chart on page 44 for the correct cooking times.

翻到44页的图表，查一下正确的烹饪时间。

He had to consult a pocket dictionary.

他只好去查袖珍字典。

2、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。