prospective
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
— the whole Scene of affairs was changed from Spain to France there now lay the prospective
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A perspective glass.
— [T]hey [two pavillions] were trimmed on the inside with rich armour and military furniture, hanged up as upon the walls; and behind the tents there were represented, in prospective, the tops of divers other tents, as if it had been a camp.
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A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
— Would you like to show the prospective around?
形容词 adj.
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Likely or expected to happen or become.
— Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.
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Anticipated in the near or far future.
— A short distance above I-ch’ang is the prospective site of a hydroelectric dam that has vast promise for the industrialization of central China.
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Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
— And in times long and dark Proſpective Glaſs / Fore-ſaw what future dayes ſhould bring to paſs,
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Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
— 1668-1690, Josiah Child, A new discourse of trade The French king, and the king of Sweden are […] circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair.
- Being a study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
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Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
— What some other languages convey with prospective aspect, English conveys with expressions like going to drive the car home.
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词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle French prospectif, from Late Latin prospectivus. See more at English prospect.
词源 2
From Middle French prospectif, from Late Latin prospectivus. See more at English prospect.
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