单词
prospect
读音
ˈprɑːspekt
美式
英式
词根
"Prospect" 一词源于拉丁语 "prospectus",意思是"look out at",以"pro-"(向前)和"specere"(看)结合而成。 由此衍生出来的词还有: 1. "Inspect"(检查)- 在内部看。 2. "Respect"(尊敬)- 再次看,或反复看。
释义
n. 前途;预期;景色 vi. 勘探,找矿 vt. 勘探,勘察 [ 复数 prospects 第三人称单数 prospects 现在分词 prospecting 过去式 prospected 过去分词 prospected ]
例句
He did not sound unduly worried at the prospect.
他的口气听上去对前景并不十分担忧。
The prospect of war loomed large.
战争的阴影在逼近,令人忧虑。
The prospect of civil war is very real.
内战爆发的可能性确实存在。
He did not sound unduly worried at the prospect.
他的口气听上去对前景并不十分担忧。
The prospect of war loomed large.
战争的阴影在逼近,令人忧虑。
The prospect of civil war is very real.
内战爆发的可能性确实存在。
强化记忆
你可以通过词根记忆这个词。想象你在山顶"向前看" ("pro-" + "spect"),看见的不只是美景,也是未来的各种可能性。"Prospect" 这个词源于16世纪,最初用于表示"视界",也就是从某个位置可以看到的景色。到了17世纪,由于科技的进步,人们开始将其用于比喻,引申为"将要发生的事情"或"预料到的未来",这也是我们现在常用的意义。
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to the bottom of Patagonia, Argentina,to prospect for dinosaurs:a place that had terrestrial sedimentary rocks of the right age,
No job, no money,no security, no prospect."I said, "I want to live
the channel’s rocky shores and stormy weathermade crossing a dangerous prospect.Engineers of the early 1800's proposed numerous plans
Cycling in Beijing nowis a completely different prospect.The roads are jammed by cars and trucks.
we're going to lose all the species in the oceans."Nothing like that is in prospect.And in fact, what I then started looking into in a little more detail,
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