promise [ˈprɒmɪs] ① v. 承诺，保证，许诺；预示……可能发生 ② n. 承诺，保证，诺言；（成功的）迹象，征兆

例句 What makes therapy so alluring, at least from the perspective of the
uninitiated, is its promise of getting to witness the workings of another’s psyche, of slipping the cloak off from that fragile, complicated, dark
tangle and poking at what lies beneath.【2015-6《纽约时报》】

是什么让心理治疗如此有吸引力？至少在外行人看来，是它承诺能
看到人们的心理活动，揭开脆弱、复杂、隐秘的纠结心理的面纱，探求隐藏其下的东西。

派生 promising [ˈprɒmɪsɪŋ] adj. 大有希望的，很有前途的