prospect
基本释义
- n.可能性,希望;预期,展望;(尤指事业的)成功机会,前景;有望成功的人,有前途的人;可能的顾客,潜在的主顾;<正式>(尤指从高处看到的)景象,景色;潜在矿藏或矿床
- v.勘探,勘察;寻找(商业机会)
词语例句
可能性,希望n.
There's a reasonable prospect that his debts will be paid.
有理由相信他会偿还债务的。
There is no immediate prospect of peace.
短期内没有和平的可能。
"The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting," says Reimann.
“参与者愿意付出食物的一部分,只为了换取得到较少金钱奖励的可能性,这一点很有意思。”赖曼说。
预期,展望n. (sing.)
The prospect of becoming a father filled him with alarm.
一想到将为人父他就满怀忧思。
I had spent two years cultivating this community, and it had become successful very fast, but within six months I was facing the prospect of losing it all.
我花了两年时间来培育这个团体,很快就成功了,但不到六个月,我就面临着即将失去这一切的未来。
They practically beg a user to ignore the long-suffering professor struggling to pass on accumulated wisdom from the front of the room—a prospect that teachers find most irritating and students view as, well, inevitable.
它们实际上是在恳求用户忽略那些长期苦于努力将积累的智慧从教室前面传递下去的教授——教师们认为这种前景最令人恼火,而学生们则认为这是不可避免的。
(尤指事业的)成功机会,前景n. (pl.)
I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects.
我选择到国外工作,以增进我的事业成功的机会。
The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects if they studied business, maths, English and physics or chemistry at A-level.
调查发现,如果年轻人在商务、数学、英语、物理或化学等学科中取得 A 等成绩,他们的就业前景会更好。
As you know, there have been reports of unrest in India and the prospects for the rupee look pretty gloomy.
如你所知,有报道称印度出现了动荡,卢比的前景看起来相当黯淡。
有望成功的人,有前途的人cn.
She is one of Canada's best prospects for a gold medal.
她是加拿大最有希望夺金的选手之一。
- The prospect of civil war is very real.内战爆发的可能性确实存在。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- There is no immediate prospect of peace.短期内没有和平的可能。来自《牛津词典》
- The prospect of failure scares me rigid.失败的可能吓得我都僵了。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- an exciting prospect令人兴奋的前景
- good job/employment/career prospect美好的工作/就业/事业前途
- market prospect市场前景
- bright prospect光明的前景
- in prospect展望
- prospect for sth.勘探,勘察
- prospect for勘探
- market prospect市场前景
- bright prospect光明的前景,辉煌的前程
- in prospect展望;在期望中;可以预料到
- at the prospect ofadj. 期待着 (想到要)
- prospect theory前景理论;预期理论
- prospect theory展望理论;前景理论;预期理论;期望理论
- Nevsky Prospect涅瓦大街;聂夫斯基街;涅夫斯基大道;到最近的地铁站
- Prospect Point普罗斯佩克特角;景观顶;展望角
- Prospect park展望公园;希望公园;风景公园;瞻望公园
- bright prospect光明的前景;辉煌的前程;锦绣前程;光明前景
词语扩展
- outlook/expectation/prospect/hope
- outlook多指根据征兆或分析对要发生的事情的愿望或预料。
- expectation指期待某事发生或假设某事能发生,多含揣想的意味。
- prospect与outlook的含义相近,但侧重对成功、利润和舒适生活等方面的期待。
- hope通常指建立在愿望基础上的期待。这种期待有可能发生或实现,但也可能相反。
词义分布
英英释义
- n.the possibility of future success
- n.belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- n.someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- n.the visual percept of a region
- n.a prediction of the course of a disease
- v.search for something desirable
词源
- prospect前景,景色;前途,展望;(成功等的)可能性词根词缀: pro-前 + -spect-看 → 向前看到的是前景和前途,也有景色
- prospect前景,展望,希望,勘探pro-,向前,-spect,看,词源同specter,spectate.引申诸相关词义。