prospective
prospective 英 [prəˈspektɪv] 美 [prəˈspɛktɪv]
adj. 有望的；潜在的
名词复数:prospectives
- If it's prospective, it hasn't happened yet. Prospective students are students who might attend a school in the future. If you visit any campus, you’ll see prospective students checking out the library, the dorms, and — of course –- the snack bar.
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- adj. 有望的；潜在的
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1. a prospective buyer
可能的买主
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2. They are worried about prospective changes in the law.
他们担心即将修改法律。
- prospective (adj.) 1580s, from obsolete French prospectif and directly from Medieval Latin prospectivus "affording a prospect; pertaining to a prospect," from Latin prospect-, past participle stem of prospicere "look out on, look forward," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + specere "look at" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe"). In 17c. also as a noun, "spy glass, telescope." Related: Prospectively.
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