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breach of promise

违反承诺,违背承诺,违反诺言,违反承诺的行为

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Law.

    • : a violation of one's promise, especially of a promise to marry a specific person.

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Examples

  • With those words was a promise to launch the first group of passengers in the coming year.

  • The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.

  • Their authors promise that your spirit will be improved, your ambition honed, and your finances maximized by their advice.

  • This breach is an extraordinary emotional drag on the exhausted population.

  • We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.

  • After an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.

  • He is dead; but his three sons have the estate yet, and I think they would keep their father's promise to the Indians.

  • Alford speaks of this as remarkable; but vision is the especial promise of Wisdom, therefore of Solomon, son of David.

  • From mere regrets he was passing now, through dismay, into utter repentance of his promise.

  • This information was balm to Louis, as it seemed to promise a peaceful termination to so threatening an affair.