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

单词	prospect
释义	pros·pect I. \ˈpräˌspekt sometimes -_spikt or -_spēkt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English prospecte, from Latin prospectus lookout, distant view, sight, from prospectus, past participle of prospicere to look forward, look into the distance, exercise foresight, from pro before + specere to look — more at for, spy 1. : relative aspect : exposure 2d < their prospect was toward the south — Ezek 40: 44 (Authorized Version) > 2. a. (1) : an extensive view : a sight from a commanding position < here, just above 1000 feet above sea level, our prospect embraces a dozen counties — S.W.Wooldridge > (2) : a mental consideration : survey < on a nearer prospect, all the circumstance of greatness vanished into shadow — A.C.Benson > b. : a place or station that commands an extensive view : lookout < God beholding from his prospect high — John Milton > c. : something extended to the view : scene < climbing onto a huge block of stone, began gazing at the wide prospect spread out before me — W.H.Hudson †1922 > d. archaic : a sketch or picture of a scene < a prospect of Yale College in New Haven, neatly engraved — Boston Evening Post > 3. obsolete : an appearance presented by something < it were a tedious difficulty … to bring them to that prospect — Shakespeare > 4. a. : act of looking forward : anticipation, foresight < its later development justified his prospect of its future value > b. : a mental picture of something to come : vision < attracted by the fascination of discovery and the prospect of spiritual conquest — American Guide Series: Minnesota > c. : something that is awaited or expected : possibility < air-conditioned cars are a happy prospect for some commuters — Collier's Year Book > < her sadness at the small prospect of seeing him again, old as she was — Archibald Marshall > d. prospects plural (1) : financial expectations < as a young man with prospects he married the girl — Dixon Wecter > < without any prospects in the world except those which he could make for himself — R.W.Southern > (2) : chances < improved corn prospects in other areas — Wall Street Journal > 5. a. : a place showing signs of containing a mineral deposit b. : a partly developed mine c. (1) : a sample of ore or gravel tested for mineral content (2) : a mineral yield of such sample 6. a. : a potential buyer or customer < called on ten prospects but failed to make a sale > b. : a likely candidate for some appointment, job, or position < a good prospect for the Supreme Court > < the coach has come up with several fine prospects for the team > • - in prospect II. \ˈpräˌspekt sometimes prəˈs-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to explore an area for mineral deposits < prospecting for gold > < prospecting for uranium > b. : to make a search or investigation < fat robins prospecting in the spaded earth of the flower beds — John & Ward Hawkins > 2. : to give indications of mineral yield < this ore prospects well > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to explore or inspect (a region) for mineral deposits b. : to make preliminary developments and tests of (as a mine, an ore deposit) to determine its probable value 2. : to make a careful investigation of : explore < cautiously prospected the highway — John Buchan > < today the principal tools for prospecting the brain are electrical — G.W.Gray b. 1886 >
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