Promising

(adj.) showing possibility of achievement or excellence; 'a promising young man' .

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• At that time he was in the prime of life, being less than fifty years of age, and possessed an admirable physique, promising long life. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And was it a hopeful or a promising thing anywhere? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• And it makes a pretty and a promising picter; don't it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This was a common phrase of words which had a fair and promising sound, and I resolved to form Dora's mind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• In the evening a few circumstances occurred which he thought more promising. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Doctor Strong refers to me in public as a promising young scholar. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• But even to get the very doubtful and preliminary stage of making the appeal, seemed one of the least promising of human undertakings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It was what the old dying patriarch demanded of his son Esau, promising in requital the blessing of his last breath. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This proved to be a most knotty and intricate puzzle--tricky and evasive--always leading on and promising something, and at the last slipping away leaving the work undone. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Summoning the cab of most promising appearance, he directed the driver to repair to Montague Place, Russell Square. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was young Stanley Hopkins, a promising detective, in whose career Holmes had several times shown a very practical interest. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Lydgate said, Very well, with a surly obedience, and thus the discussion ended with his promising Rosamond, and not with her promising him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The present philosophy, therefore, has so far a promising aspect. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• It was not the most promising party to travel with and hope to gain a higher veneration for religion through the example of its devotees. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And I call it a robbery: it was like giving him the land, to promise it; and what is promising, if making everybody believe is not promising? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He began to think it was to be, and that he could not prevent ita very promising step of the mind on its way to resignation. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The reddleman looked hopeful; after these words from her his third attempt seemed promising. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He too was much distressed; and they sat down together in a most promising state of embarrassment. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• I interrupted her, and insisted on taking her directly to Julia's, where I left her, promising to see her early on the following day. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• A promising young angel I must have been! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I concluded here my very moral advice, and took my leave, promising to join her in our Opera-box on the morrow evening. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Let them hear how much you have improved, said Laurie, with pardonable pride in his promising pupil. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Now, this is not promising. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He is a promising fellow--in his way--but he may not have it all his own way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• His last days were saddened by the deaths of some of his most promising disciples. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Whatever affection prompted I would do without promising. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• God bless you for promising to come, cried our client. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• This is not a very promising beginning, said Mrs. Norris, when Fanny had left the room. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I remember her a most promising and beautiful child, and therefore do not wonder that she is grown, as he says, a fine woman. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• There are few legumes that have shown value on dry lands, but peas, beans and alfalfa are the most promising of development. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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