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| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔PROMISE〕I said I'd take the girls to the movie, and I don't like to break a promise. 我说过要带女孩们去看电影，我不想食言。朗文写作活用〔back out〕They promised to help us, and then backed out.他们承诺帮助我们, 但随后食言了。外研社新世纪〔back out〕Wells was supposed to put up half the money, but later backed out.韦尔斯本应当出一半的钱，但后来他食言了。柯林斯高阶〔back out〕You promised to help ——you mustn't back out now!你答应了帮助——现在不可食言!21世纪英汉〔backtrack〕The President is backtracking on his promise to increase healthcare spending.总统食言，不想增加医疗保健开支了。朗文当代〔backtrack〕To reverse one's position or policy.食言或变卦：改变某人的立场或方针美国传统〔back〕He promised to help and then backed out.他答应帮忙,后来却食言了。英汉大词典〔be as good as your word〕He said he'd call every day and he was as good as his word.他说会每天打电话，结果真的没有食言。剑桥高阶〔break〕His actions remain indefensible because he broke his word and his contract.他的所作所为是无可辩解的,因为他既食言又违约。英汉大词典〔break〕I never break my promises .我从不食言。朗文当代〔break〕You broke your promise.你食言了。韦氏高阶〔dare〕He won’t dare to break his promise.他不敢食言。牛津高阶〔eat〕To retract something that one has said.食言：对自己说的话又反悔美国传统〔fall back〕Once he made a promise of help,he would never fall back.他一旦答应帮忙，便决不会食言。21世纪英汉〔fink out〕We'd planned to go camping but at the last minute Ron finked out.我们原计划去野营，但最后罗恩食言了。剑桥高阶〔fink〕They said they would help us, but then finked out.他们说会帮我们的忙，但后来食言了美国传统〔flake〕Kathy said she'd help but she flaked out on us.凯西说过会帮忙的，但她对我们食言了。朗文当代〔gazump〕Sally's offer for the house has been accepted, but she's worried she might be gazumped.萨莉出的房价卖主接受了，但是她担心若有更高的出价卖主会食言毁约。剑桥高阶〔get〕We promised we'd go—we can't get out of it now.我们答应过要去的，现在我们不能食言。牛津高阶〔go back on〕He said he would loan money to us, and then went back on his promise.他说他会借钱给我们，后来他食言了。21世纪英汉〔go back〕I would never go back on my word.我绝不食言。韦氏高阶〔go〕He never goes back on his word(= never fails to do what he has said he will do).他从不食言。牛津高阶〔honour〕Once again the government has failed to honour its promises.政府又一次食言。朗文当代〔keep〕He had again failed to keep his word.他又食言了。柯林斯高阶〔last〕He'd broken his promise again, and it was the last straw.他又一次食言，这让人再也无法忍下去了。朗文当代〔promise〕The President ate his promises of a $50 rebate for each tax-payer.总统曾答应为每个纳税人减税50美元,但食言了。英汉大词典〔renege〕He has never reneged on a promise.他从来不食言。21世纪英汉〔renege〕They had promised to pay her tuition but later reneged.他们承诺为她支付学费，但后来食言了。韦氏高阶〔surprise〕It comes as no surprise to learn that they broke their promises.得知他们食言并不让人觉得意外。牛津高阶〔unswear〕To recant or retract something sworn.食言：取消或撤回所发的誓美国传统〔welch〕He welched on his agreement with the club that he would play for them in February.他本答应二月份替俱乐部打球，但他食言了。柯林斯高阶〔welsh〕He gave us his solemn word, then he welshed on us.他向我们郑重承诺然后又对我们食言了。21世纪英汉〔welsh〕To fail to fulfill an obligation.食言，逃避责任：没能完成某种责任或义务美国传统〔word〕Delors claimed that Johnson had gone back on his word (=not done what he had promised to do) .德洛尔声称约翰逊食言了。朗文当代〔word〕I trusted her not to go back on her word(= break her promise).我相信她不会食言。牛津高阶〔word〕Once he has made a promise, he never goes back on his word.他一旦承诺，就永不食言。牛津搭配Gary's hopelessly unreliable and always goes back on his promises.加里绝对靠不住，他总是食言。剑桥国际I'm not surprised (that) he didn't keep his promise. [+ (that) clause] 我并不对他的食言感到惊讶。剑桥国际 |
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