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词汇 prospective
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prospective

adjective
 
/prəˈspektɪv/
/prəˈspektɪv/
[usually before noun]
  1.  
    expected to do something or to become something有望的;可能的;预期的;潜在的 synonym potential
    • a prospective buyer可能的买主
    • I had a phone call from a prospective client today.我今天接到一个有望成为我们客户的人打来的电话。
  2.  
    expected to happen soon即将发生的;行将来临的 synonym forthcoming
    • They are worried about prospective changes in the law.他们担心即将修改法律。
    • On learning of a prospective sale, the lawyer should call the client as soon as possible.律师一旦得知拍卖即将举行,就应立即打电话通知委托人。
  3. 词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘looking forward, having foresight’): from obsolete French prospectif, -ive or late Latin prospectivus, from Latin prospectus ‘view’, from prospicere ‘look forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + specere ‘to look’.
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