promise ... to

I won't make a promise to anyone, won't trust whose promise either.

我不对谁承诺, 也不会相信谁的承诺.

After supper he said suddenly, 'Davie, I've been thinking. I promised your father a bit of money for ye before ye were born. A promise is a promise-and so I'm going to give ye... forty pounds!' These last words seemed very painful to him.

吃过晚饭他突然说：“戴维，我一直在思考。你出生前我曾答应过你父亲给你一点钱。承诺就是承诺——我现在要给你……40镑！”最后的话语对他来说显得非常痛苦。

If you make a promise you should keep it; you ought not to break your promise.

你如果做出允诺就得守诺言, 不应该违背它.

It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night, and a promise that you make to yours-a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west;

它是我晚上把女儿塞进被窝时所作的承诺，也是你们对自己孩子所作的承诺&这个承诺使先民们远渡重洋、并且向西部进发；

It is easier to make a promise than to keep a promise.

作出承诺容易,实现承诺不易.

Promise not to tell on me!

答应我，别告发我！

She kept her promise to visit her aunt regularly.

她信守诺言，定期去看望姑妈。

She was determined to exact a promise from him.

她决意要他作出许诺。

a promise to broaden access to higher education

拓宽高等教育渠道的承诺

Before giving evidence, witnesses in court have to take the oath (= promise to tell the truth) .

作证之前，证人必须当庭宣誓据实作证。