promising是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 有希望的， 有前途的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As a promising way of setting them right, half of the half-dozen had become mem-bers of a fantastic sect of Convulsionists, and were even then considering within themselves whether they should foam, rage, roar, and turn cataleptic on the spot thereby setting up a highly intelligible finger-post to the Future, for Monseigneur's guidance.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At three o'clock she too went away, promising to come to dinner.
-- I've been promising to go for a century," said Anna, to whom lying, alien as it was to her nature, had become not merely simple and natural in society, but a positive source of satisfaction.
-- After saying good-night to the ladies, and promising to stay the whole of the next day, so as to make an expedition on horseback with them to see an interesting ruin in the crown forest, Levin went, before going to bed, into his host's study to get the books on the labor question that Sviazhsky had offered him.
-- Trying not to offend the other sledge drivers, and promising to drive with them too, Levin took one and told him to drive to the Shtcherbatskys'.
-- Veslovsky and Tushkevitch went off to the bathing place, promising to get the boat ready and to wait there for them.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A young Parsee, with an intelligent face, offered his services, which Mr. Fogg accepted, promising so generous a reward as to materially stimulate his zeal.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- No, he would be business-like!He applied to a Chicago teachers' agency, and received a stilted answer promising to look about and inquiring whether he would care to take the position of teacher of physics and chemistry in a suburban high school.
-- At the hotel, after giving up the attempt to find a short, jovial, convincing way of promising that he would never flirt with Orchid, he stammered, "If you don't mind, I think I'll stay down and walk a little more.
-- He dashed down to the subway, promising to telephone to her.
-- For it the President of the University of Wilmington gave up a promising interview with a millionaire alumnus, Ross McGurk gave up a game of golf, and one of the three university scientists arrived by aeroplane.
-- When Leora insisted that, during his experiment, the cold thing which had stilled the laughter of Sondelius might come to him and he might need her, he tried to satisfy her by promising that if there was a place for her in St. Swithin's, he would send for her.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But at last he lost all control and had the face to make Dounia an open and shameful proposal, promising her all sorts of inducements and offering, besides, to throw up everything and take her to another estate of his, or even abroad.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A promising young angel I must have been!'
-- I had the pleasure,on this occasion, of renewing the acquaintance of MasterMicawber, whom I found a promising boy of about twelve orthirteen, very subject to that restlessness of limb which is not anunfrequent phenomenon in youths of his age.
-- This was acommon phrase of words which had a fair and promising sound,and I resolved to form Dora's mind.
-- On further consideration this appeared so likely, that I abandonedmy scheme, which had had a more promising appearance in words 642than in action; resolving henceforth to be satisfied with my child-wife, and to try to change her into nothing else by any process.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was no want of likeness, she had been fortunate in the attitude, and as she meant to throw in a little improvement to the figure, to give a little more height, and considerably more elegance, she had great confidence of its being in ev-ery way a pretty drawing at last, and of its filling its destined place with credit to them both a standing memorial of the beauty of one, the skill of the other, and the friendship of both; with as many other agreeable associations as Mr. El-ton's very promising attachment was likely to add.
-- When first sounded on the subject, he was so miserable, that they were almost hopeless. A second allusion, indeed, gave less pain. He began to think it was to be, and that he could not prevent it a very promising step of the mind on its way to resignation.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Gabriel's farm had been stocked by a dealer on the strength of Oak's promising look and character who was receiving a percentage from the farmer till such time as the advance should be cleared off.
-- "She fleed at him, and, to cut a long story short, he owned to having carried off five sack altogether, upon her promising not to persecute him.
-- The case, however, was a promising one.
-- RAIN ONE SOLITARY MEETS ANOTHERIt was now five o'clock, and the dawn was promising to break in hues of drab and ash.
-- It is hardly too much to say that she felt coerced by a force stronger than her own will, not only into the act of promising upon this singularly remote and vague matter, but into the emotion of fancying that she ought to promise.
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