- 1〔相手に実行を誓うこと，その誓い〕 ((make)) a promise；〔協約〕 ((enter into)) an agreement；〔誓った言葉〕one's word
約束する promise (((a person) to do))；give one's word ((to a person))
- 口先だけの約束
- an insincere promise
- 彼はよく約束を守る人だ
- He is a man of his word.
- 約束を守る
- keep one's promise [word]
- 約束を果たしましたか
- Did you carry out your promise?／Did you do as you promised?
- 彼は約束を破らなかった
- He did not break his promise.／He kept his word [promise].
- 会社との約束を破った［取り消した］
- They broke [canceled/broke off] their agreement with the company.
- それでは約束が違う
- That was not our agreement!／That's not what we agreed to!
- 動物園に連れて行ってやると子供に約束した
- I promised my son 「to take [that I would take] him to the zoo.
- 彼は誕生日の贈り物にカメラをくれると約束した
- He promised (to give) me a camera as a birthday present.
- 彼は約束通り２時に到着した
- True to his word, he arrived at two.
- 他言しないと約束するなら秘密を打ち明けよう
- I will tell you the secret if you promise to keep it to yourself.
- 彼女は医者と結婚を約束している
- She is engaged to marry a doctor.
- 2〔人と会う取り決め〕an appointment, an engagement；〔特に異性との〕a date
約束する make an appointment [engagement] ((with))
- 彼と会う約束がある
- I have an appointment to see him.
- 約束どおり彼の家を尋ねた
- I called at his house as we had agreed.
- 約束の日［時間］に彼の事務所へ行った
- I went to his office 「on the appointed day [at the appointed time].
- 今日はいろいろな約束で時間がふさがっている
- Today all my time is taken up with various engagements.
- 日曜日にデートの約束をした
- They made a date for Sunday.
- 3〔取り引き〕 ((make)) a deal, a bargain；〔合意〕an agreement；〔契約〕a contract
- 約束を守る
- abide by an agreement
- 私たちはマンションを借りる約束をした
- We have signed a contract to rent an apartment.
- 技術協力の約束をした
- They agreed to a technical tie-up.
- よし，約束だ
- OK. It's a deal [bargain].
- 4〔規則，しきたり〕
- 私たちの会には守るべき約束がある
- Our association has some rules which must be observed.
- 5〔因縁，運命，予定〕
- 困苦は人生の約束である
- Mankind is predestined to suffer.／It is man's lot to suffer.
- 彼には有望な将来［教授のいす］が約束されている
- 「A great future [A professor's chair] is 「waiting for [assured] him.
