1. 指望,指望获得：prior to 在前,居先,比...在先 | promise oneself 指望,指望获得 | protect...from 保护...不受...

2. 指望：Promise is debt 许愿要还 | promise oneself 指望 | promise 允诺

3. 决心,指望：proportional to 与...成比例的 | promise oneself 决心,指望 | pull away 脱身,离开,逃出

4. 决定,期待：make a promise 答应,许诺 | promise oneself 决定,期待 | pronounce sentence of death on 宣判. . . . 的死刑