| 单词 | prompt |
| 释义 | prompt (once / 107 pages) 1adj 2v 3vn 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. The adjective prompt can mean "as scheduled," or simply "quick." When you prompt someone, you motivate them in some way: you might offer a reminder, assistance, or even inspiration to do something. For example, honking your car horn prompts your friend to get moving, and speaking up in defense of your classmate might prompt a bully to change his ways. If a director prompts an actor who's forgotten his lines, she reminds him what comes next. WORD FAMILYprompt: prompted, prompter, promptest, prompting, promptingly, promptly, promptness, prompts+/prompted: unprompted/prompter: prompters/prompting: promptings USAGE EXAMPLESLengthy delays prompted Lucas to abandon that bid in June and change strategy. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) If nothing else, policymakers say, such comparisons prompt discussions across borders to learn best practices in addressing particular health problems. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Because the treatment would expose his oral structures — including the jawbone, salivary glands and teeth — to radiation, a dental evaluation was prompted. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj according to schedule or without delay; on time the train is prompt Syn punctual acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed 2adj performed with little or no delay a prompt reply Syn immediate, quick, straightaway fast acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly 3adj ready and willing or quick to act 2she is always prompt to help her friends Syn ready completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress 1v give an incentive for action Syn|Hyper actuate, incite, motivate, move, propel affect, impress, move, strike have an emotional or cognitive impact upon movearouse sympathy or compassion in cause, do, make give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally 2v serve as the inciting cause of 3She prompted me to call my relatives Syn|Hyper inspire, instigate cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner 1v assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned Syn|Hyper cue, remind inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 2n a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) Syn|Hyper prompting cue an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech 3n (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command Syn|Hyper command prompt electronic communication communication by computer |
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