prospective
adjective /prəˈspektɪv/
/prəˈspektɪv/
[usually before noun] synonym potential有望的;可能的;预期的;潜在的 - 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。
- a prospective buyer
synonym forthcoming即将发生的;行将来临的 - 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。
- They are worried about prospective changes in the law.
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’.