英语词汇“prosper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINprosper

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperare, from prosperus ‘favorable’

VERB TABLE

prosper

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	prosper
	he, she, it	prospers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	prospered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have prospered
	he, she, it	has prospered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had prospered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will prosper
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have prospered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am prospering
	he, she, it	is prospering
	you, we, they	are prospering
Past	I, he, she, it	was prospering
	you, we, they	were prospering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been prospering
	he, she, it	has been prospering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been prospering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be prospering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been prospering

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

India's software companies have prospered by keeping costs to a bare minimum.
Over the next few years, our little bar prospered and grew in popularity.
The children seemed to prosper under their grandparent's care.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

He did not prosper, and moved to Burgh-by-Sands, near Carlisle.
If some one like Sam Nunn from my home state were to be president our cause would prosper.
If you repeat the basics faithfully, your business will prosper.
Lower inflation and a stable climate for industry to plan and prosper will lead to long-term prosperity.
The Mormon cause prospered on controversy.
Thereafter he prospered as a royal attendant, who at times served on campaign, and as a county magnate.
They prospered and employed many poor in and near London to dress flax, until the Netherlanders brought in dressed flax.
Thirty years ago, interstate interchanges helped many communities to prosper, while those on backroads stagnated.

Longman Language Activatorwhen a company or product is successful► be successful

· Unless we make a product that people want, we are not going to be successful.· To be successful, agencies must have in place a first-rate financial management system. · The new playstation has been less successful than the previous version.· The campaign was so successful that Harvard Business School adopted it as a case study.

► do well

if a company or product does well , it is successful, especially in difficult conditions or when it has not existed for very long: · If the firm does well, your shares will be worth far more than you paid for them.· The producer would only say that sales of the video were 'doing very well indeed.'

► be a success

if a company, product, film etc is a success , it makes a lot of money because a lot of people use it, buy it, or go to see it: · There was a lot of uncertainty about whether or not the picture would be a success.· We've started our own business. If it's a success we should be earning at least $3,000 per month.· The movie was, not surprisingly, a huge commercial success for Jordan.· The show was an even bigger success than he had dreamed.

► succeed

if a company or product succeeds , it becomes successful and can continue to do business or be produced: · Even in remote areas people open restaurants, and surprisingly enough, they succeed.· Who'd think of designing a virtual rock-climbing game? Microsoft did, and it succeeded.

► thrive

if a company, or industry thrives , it is very successful, especially because economic conditions are good or because a lot of people want to buy or use its products: · The IT explosion means that telecommunications companies are thriving.· It is still unclear whether dotcom companies will continue to thrive in the long-term future.

► prosper

if a company, or industry prospers , it is successful and is able to make good profits because of good economic conditions or good management: · Over the next few years, our little bar prospered and grew in popularity.· India's software companies have prospered by keeping costs to a bare minimum.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► business

· Perhaps because she was a bright, good-hearted little person, her business prospered.· Dave and Marge reached their goal by starting a business that could prosper anywhere, small town or large.· Before long, his ships had gained a reputation for quality and speed and his business prospered.· If you repeat the basics faithfully, your business will prosper.· The business grew and prospered to make Schweppe's name celebrated for mineral waters throughout the world.· They supplied him with flour, and his business prospered.· In a properly managed co-operative, the workers will know that their business can not prosper and support excessive wage claims.· With hard work and long hours, our business prospered.

► company

· They have prospered along with the chemical companies and machinery manufacturers who supply them.

VERB► continue

· We continue to invest in the future to make sure we continue to prosper.· Through it all, the company has continued to grow and prosper.· I am quite confident however that the Medau Society will continue to prosper.· The elves never returned, but the shoemaker continued to prosper and had good luck in everything he did.

► grow

· The company had grown, diversified, prospered, taken over other companies.· Through it all, the company has continued to grow and prosper.· The business grew and prospered to make Schweppe's name celebrated for mineral waters throughout the world.

► survive

· Only in Britain could the Jolly Griddle chain not only survive but prosper.· She survived it all and prospered.· He certainly survived and prospered, despite serving four monarchs with very different religious, and therefore iconographical, aims.· Only the best operations will survive and prosper in the future for accident repair.· Thirdly, the competitive nature of capitalism means that only the largest and most wealthy companies will survive and prosper.· The principle is simple: the way to survive and prosper is to gain maximum production at minimum cost.· Needless to say, some did survive and prosper.· I might even survive and prosper.