➡ See also the entry for timely另见timely条promising ♦︎ encouraging ♦︎ bright ♦︎ rosy ♦︎ heartening ♦︎ auspicious ♦︎ hopefulThese words all describe sth that is likely to be successful or to give you a good result.这些词均表示有前途的、有希望的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be / look promising / encouraging / bright / rosy / auspicious / hopeful for sb / sth◆to be encouraging / heartening to find / know / see...◆a promising / an encouraging / a bright / an auspicious / a hopeful start◆a promising / an encouraging / a bright / a rosy / a hopeful future / prospect / outlook / picture◆a promising / an encouraging / an auspicious / a hopeful sign◆encouraging / heartening / hopeful news◆very promising / encouraging / bright / reassuring / rosy / heartening / auspicious / hopeful◆extremely promising / encouraging / bright / reassuring / hopeful◆highly promising / encouraging / auspicious / hopeful■promisingshowing signs of being good or successful有希望的;有前途的;有出息的◆At that time, I had a promising career in TV.那个时候,我在电视台的事业很有前途。◆The weather doesn't look very promising.看起来天气不会太好。OPPunpromisingⓘ Something that is unpromising does not look likely to be successful. * unpromising意为不太有希望或前途◆The first attempt was unpromising.第一次尝试失败了。 see also promise ⇨ potential■encouraginggiving you hope that sb/sth will be good or successful有希望的;令人鼓舞的◆Last year's results were very encouraging.去年的结果很令人鼓舞。◆The response we got from our readers was extremely encouraging.读者给我们的反馈让我们极为振奋。OPPdiscouraging ⇨ disappointingNOTE辨析 Promising or encouraging?In many cases you can use either word.在许多情况下这两个词可以通用◆a promising / an encouraging sign / result / start / prospect令人鼓舞的迹象/结果/开始/前景Promising, but notencouraging, is used to talk about people's careers. * promising用于描述事业,encouraging则不然◆a promising young player / newcomer / candidate / career前途无量的年轻球员/新人/候选人/事业◆an encouraging young player/newcomer/candidate/careerEncouraging, but notpromising, is used to talk about other people's reactions to things. * encouraging用于描述他人的反应,promising则不然◆The response we got from readers was extremely promising.■bright (especially journalism尤用于新闻orbusiness商业) likely to be successful; giving you reason to hope有前途的;有希望的◆This young musician has a bright future.这位年轻的音乐家前途无量。◆Prospects for the coming year look bright.来年的前景一片光明。◆Look on the bright side(= be cheerful about a bad situation by thinking only of the advantages and not the disadvantages). You managed to do more than I did.看好的一面吧,你比我当初做的多多了。■rosy (journalism新闻orbusiness商业 (sometimesdisapproving) likely to be good or successful; making sth seem likely to be good or successful, even if it is not美好的;乐观的;(貌似)有希望的◆The future is looking rosy for our company.我们公司的前景看上去乐观美好。◆She painted a rosy picture of what their life in Italy would be like(= made it appear to be very good, and perhaps better than it really would be).她把他们将来在意大利的生活描绘得非常美好。■heartening ˈhɑːtnɪŋ; NAmEˈhɑːrtnɪŋmaking you feel encouraged and more hopeful令人鼓舞的;充满希望的◆It is heartening to see the determination of these young people.看到这些年轻人这么坚决真是令人鼓舞。■auspiciousɔːˈspɪʃəs (formal) showing signs that sth is likely to be successful in the future吉利的;吉祥的◆It seemed an auspicious start to the new year.这似乎是新年伊始的一个吉兆。ⓘ Auspicious usually describes a time or occasion; collocates include day, moment, time, occasion, start and beginning. * auspicious通常描述时间或场合,搭配词有day、moment、time、occasion、start和beginning。■hopefulgiving you more hope that sb/sth will get better or be more successful令人满怀希望的◆This is the first hopeful sign that the hostages might be released soon.这是第一次有迹象显示人质可能很快获释。◆The future did not seem very hopeful.前景似乎不太乐观。OPPhopeless ⇨ useless see also hopeful ⇨ optimistic, hope ⇨ hopenoun1
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