make a promise: 作出诺言,保证1. If you make a promise, you should fulfil it. 你苦是作出允诺,就必须履行。 2. He made a promise of help, as I pleaded with him again and again. 我再三央求,他才答应帮忙。 3. If you make a promise you should keep it; you ought not to break a promise. 如果你作出了承诺,你就应该遵守诺言,不应该食言。