prompt
prompt 英 [prɒmpt] 美 [prɑmpt]
adj. 迅速的；立刻的 v. 促使，导致；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
- v. 促使，导致；提示
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1. Prompt action was required as the fire spread.
由于火势蔓延，须要立即采取行动。
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2. Prompt payment of the invoice would be appreciated.
见发票即付款，将不胜感激。
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3. Please be prompt when attending these meetings.
参加上述会议，请准时出席。
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4. The discovery of the bomb prompted an increase in security.
此次发现炸弹促使当局加强了安全工作。
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5. His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd.
他的讲话激起了人群中一男子的愤怒。
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6. She was too nervous to speak and had to be prompted.
她紧张得说不出话来，只好听人提示。
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7. The program will prompt you to enter data where required.
这个程序在必要时将提醒你输入数据。
- 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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