prompt
prompt 英 [prɒmpt] 美 [prɑmpt]
adj. 迅速的;立刻的 vt. 提示;促进 n. 提示
进行时:prompting 过去式:prompted 过去分词:prompted 第三人称单数:prompts 名词复数:prompts 比较级:prompter 最高级:promptest
- If you're prompt, you're on time. Go ahead and be prompt to class. Also, to prompt is to inspire or make happen. Getting in trouble for being late should prompt you to get a better alarm clock.
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- adj. 迅速的;立刻的
- vt. 提示;促进
- n. 提示
- adv. 准时地
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1. I'll prompt her if she forgets her lines.
如果她忘掉台词我将给她提示。
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2. The script will prompt you to either drop an existing index or create a new one.
这个脚本将会提示您要么删除现存的索引要么创建一个新的索引。
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3. If you forget to create one of these, the Welcome Center will display an error message and prompt you to create them.
如果忘记创建其中的某一个,欢迎中心将显示一条错误消息,并提示您进行创建。
- prompt (adj.) early 15c., from Old French prompt and directly from Latin promptus "brought forth," hence "visible, apparent, evident," past participle of promere "to take or bring out or forth" (see prompt (v.)).Related: Promptly; promptitude.
- prompt (n.) early 15c., "readiness," from Latin promptus (see prompt (v.)). Meaning "hint, act of prompting" is from 1590s. Computer sense attested by 1977.
- prompt (v.) mid-14c., prompten, from Latin promptus, past participle of promere "to bring forth," from pro "forward" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward") + emere "to take" (from PIE root *em- "to take, distribute"). Theatrical sense of "to assist a speaker with lines" is first recorded early 15c. Related: Prompted; prompting.
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