prospect
prospect 英 [ˈprɒspekt] 美 [ˈprɑspekt]
n. 前途；预期；景色 vi. 勘探，找矿 vt. 勘探，勘察
进行时:prospecting 过去式:prospected 过去分词:prospected 第三人称单数:prospects 名词复数:prospects
- A prospect is the possibility that something fabulous will happen. After you graduate top of your class at Harvard, for example, your job prospects look great.
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- n. 前途；预期；景色
- vi. 勘探，找矿
- vt. 勘探，勘察
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1. There is no immediate prospect of peace.
短期内没有和平的可能。
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2. A place in the semi-finals is in prospect (= likely to happen).
可望争得半决赛权。
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3. an exciting prospect
令人兴奋的前景
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4. The prospect of becoming a father filled him with alarm.
一想到将为人父他就满怀忧思。
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5. good job/employment/career prospects
美好的工作╱就业╱事业前途
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6. At 25 he was an unemployed musician with no prospects.
*25 岁的他是个没有工作、前途渺茫的乐师。
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7. What are the prospects of promotion in this job?
做这份工作有多少晋升的机会？
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8. a delightful prospect of the lake
令人心旷神怡的湖上风光
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9. Thousands moved to the area to prospect for gold.
数以千计的人涌入那个地区淘金。
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10. to prospect for new clients
寻找新客户
- prospect (n.) early 15c., "act of looking into the distance," from Latin prospectus "distant view, look out; sight, faculty of sight," noun use of past participle of prospicere "look out on, look forward," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + specere "look at" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe"). Meaning "extensive view of the landscape" is from 1530s; transferred sense of "mental view or survey" is from 1620s. Sense of "person or thing considered promising" is from 1922. Prospects "expectations, things looked forward to" is from 1660s.
- prospect (v.) "explore for gold, examine land with a view to a mining claim," 1841, from prospect (n.) in specialized sense of "spot giving prospects of ore" (1832). Earlier in a sense "look forth, look out over" (1550s), from Latin prospectare. Related: Prospected; prospecting.
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