【句子】We regret to inform you...while we cannot offer you admission at this time, you are a promising candidate, and therefore...we would like to place you on our wait list! 【Modern Family S3E19】

【发音】/wiː/ /rɪˈɡret/ /tʊ/ /ɪnˈfɔː(r)m/ /juː/ /waɪl/ /wiː/ /ˈkæn.ɒt/ /ˈkæn.ɑːt/ /ˈɒf.ə/ /ˈɑː.fər/

/juː/ /ədˈmɪʃ.ən/ /æt/ /ðɪs/ /taɪm/ /juː/ /ɑː(r)/ /ə/ /ˈprɒm.ɪ.sɪŋ/ /ˈprɑː.mɪ.sɪŋ/ /ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/

/ənd/ /ðeə(r)ˌfɔː(r)/ /wiː/ /wʊd/ /laɪk/ /tʊ/ /pleɪs/ /juː/ /ɒn/ /ɑːn/ /aʊə(r)/ /weɪt/ /lɪst/

【发音技巧】regret to失去爆破；at this不完全爆破；and therefore不完全爆破；would like to不完全爆破+失去爆破；on our连读；wait list不完全爆破；

【翻译】我们很遗憾地通知你，我们现在不能给你入学通知书，但是你是很棒的候选人，我们很乐意将你放在候选名单中。

【适用场合】

今天我们来一起学习一下这样一个词，叫做promising，在英文中，promising可以理解成：“有可能成功的；前景光明的，有前途的”这样的意思；

来看看对应的英文解释：showing signs of being good or successful

eg: He was voted the most promising newcomer for his part in the movie.

因为在这部电影中参演，他被票选为最有前途的新人演员。

eg: The weather doesn't look very promising.

天气看起来不怎么好的样子。

eg: The research produced promising results.

这项研究的结果让人振奋。

eg: A school has honored one of its brightest and most promising former pupils.

一所学校表彰了它最杰出、最有前途的一位校友。

eg: They won the award for the most promising new band of the year.

他们赢得了“年度最具潜力新乐队”奖。

eg: -- "How's your new project going?"

-- "It looks quite promising."

——“你的新项目进展如何？”

——“看起来很不错的样子。”

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It's a great restaurant but it doesn't look promising at all from the outside.