1、default

不履行;未支付

The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans.

信用卡业务出现了下滑，而且越来越多的借款者都不按期还款。

The first warning signals came in March when the company defaulted on its initial payment of 30 million pounds.

第一次出现警示信号是在3月份，当时该公司未能按时交纳3,000万英镑的首期付款。

默认的

default passwords installed on commercial machines.

商用机器上设置的默认口令

Death, not life, is the default state of cells.

细胞的常态是死亡而不是存活。

(事情的发生)自动地(因可能阻止或改变结果之事未发生)

Spassky won the first game, and was awarded by the second by default, when Fischer failed to put in an appearance.

斯帕斯基赢了第一局，又因菲舍尔第二局未能上场而再胜一局。

I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.

我宁愿把这些钱付给个人，也不愿它们因未作任何处置而自动地归国家所有。

2、promise

承诺；保证；答应

The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday.

邮局承诺于星期五恢复对这个地区第一类邮件的递送。

He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment.

他已经保证富人和特权阶层不会再得到优惠待遇。

答应给予；承诺给予；保证让…得到

In 1920 the great powers promised them an independent state.

1920年，列强承诺让他们成为一个独立的国家。

The officers promise a return to multiparty rule.

这些官员承诺恢复多党统治。