He made Robinson promise that he would never show his anger on the baseball field.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

But the problem of one's being called to be a great poet is that one may have an inkling or some sense of a promise of future greatness but nothing really to show for it yet.

但是一个人被召唤去变成伟大诗人的问题在于,他可能会有一丝感觉他将来必定是伟大的,但还没有什么能够真正表明这一切。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The show had 22 nominations, but failed to live up to its promise.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21