单词 | prospective |
释义 | prospectivepro‧spec‧tive /prəˈspektɪv/ ●○○ AWL adjective [only before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorlikely to be or do something in the future► future Collocations · He's an extremely talented football player -- he could well be a future captain of England.· It was then that Milstead took the first steps toward a future career in law enforcement.· Before the scandal erupted, Grieg was talked about as a future presidential candidate. ► potential: potential customer/client/witness etc someone who might become a customer etc in the future: · Police believe they may have found a potential witness.· It's wrong to regard all soccer fans as potential troublemakers -- it's only a small minority who are responsible for the violence.· By denying these people a decent education, you're losing out on potential captains of industry and political leaders. ► prospective: prospective candidate/employee/husband etc one who wants to get or may be chosen for a job, position etc in the future: · My mother keeps introducing me to men she considers to be prospective husbands.· Texaco has introduced a compulsory HIV testing program for all prospective employees. ► in the making likely to do very well in your area of work or sport in the future: · When I first saw her play tennis I knew that she was a future Wimbledon champion in the making. ► have a great/bright/brilliant etc future to be likely to be very successful in the future: · She's a very talented musician, and we think she has a great future.· He's obviously got a bright future in this organization. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYnouns► a prospective employer Phrases· Smart appearance is important to most prospective employers. ► a prospective employee· A good pension scheme is the benefit most prospective employees look for. ► a prospective buyer (also a prospective purchaser formal)· He said that he had a prospective buyer for the boat. ► a prospective customer/client· We are conducting market research among existing and prospective customers. ► a prospective candidate· He is the Tory Party's prospective candidate for Oxford East. ► a prospective student/pupil· The college will be holding an open day for prospective students. ► prospective parents (=people who may have a child in the future. Also used to mean people who may send their child to a particular school.)· Adoption is more complicated than many prospective parents believe.· Prospective parents are welcome to visit the school at any time. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a prospective candidate (=someone who might apply for a job or position)· Prospective candidates must be educated to degree level. ► a potential/prospective client (=someone who might become a client)· Make sure potential clients know about all of your services. ► a potential/prospective customer (=who might become a customer in the future)· It’s very important to establish contact with potential customers. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► buyer· We will have to arrange for advance publicity, set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around.· Abele also will provide prospective buyers with e-mail updates of new listings that meet their criteria.· Though, as we discuss below, this provision has been modified, the nationalistic sentiment was clearly registered by prospective buyers.· In University City, some agents issue similar warnings to prospective buyers.· The only way they can market their products is to produce literature detailed enough to convince the prospective buyer.· The driver seemed as concerned to show off his excessive acceleration as if we had been prospective buyers and he a salesman.· Voice over Around 1,000 prospective buyers are likely to turn up for tomorrow's sale.· The prospect has got prospective buyers drooling. ► candidate· This allows them to work out how the organisation functions and so determine what are the appropriate attributes needed by prospective candidates.· Requiring drug tests of this discrete group of citizens is an intrusion, a humiliation and a subtle deterrent to prospective candidates.· Interviewing prospective candidates was quite an eye opener for people who haven't a clue on what that job entails.· The Congregation itself is being more selective and encouraging prospective candidates to complete their school education.· Anyone who could name their career and promise a steadily rising salary could be a prospective candidate for a mortgage.· Once you have a list of prospective candidates, you need to do a bit of research.· The élite squads work more intensively and aim to produce at least three prospective candidates in each weight division. ► client· Consideration should be given to the background of prospective clients and their motives for requiring us to carry out the work.· Hadn't he taken a day off to go fishing, while Adam busied himself with prospective clients?· Make like you are prospective clients, looking to rent a secluded property to write a book or something.· Instead, find out what your current and prospective clients want, and then recreate the firm to deliver it.· Friday night, and tomorrow held the prospect of a trip to the Cotswolds to see a prospective client.· The final straw came when two prospective clients became the latest victims of crime. ► customer· It's a get-together for some of our clients and their wives, and hopefully for prospective customers, too.· They made their living hanging around police stations, paying policemen to alert them to prospective customers.· Travel agents could sell holidays by providing prospective customers with a full multimedia account of their travel options.· In looking at a support structure, there are at least five basic areas that a prospective customer should evaluate: 1. ► donor· Curators, art dealers, conservators, art donors and prospective donors seek his attention. ► employee· He stresses the rationality and efficiency of network recruitment for both employers and prospective employees.· Not only does a company interview prospective employees, the would-be employees are supposed to interview the company.· Nothing is more off-putting to a prospective employee than a delay in reply.· Medical Examination All prospective employees are required to undergo a medical examination at a medical establishment nominated by the Company. ► employer· Some prospective employers were more concerned with my nursery arrangements than with my qualifications.· Writing a resume of your achievements that will make a prospective employer want to meet you requires practice.· It is important to be able to prove to prospective employers that you have the relevant experience for the job.· This tells your prospective employer that you are very positive and that you know where you are going.· It is a good idea to take along a number of copies of your c.v. which you can leave with prospective employers.· Each of these had a specific meaning for prospective employers.· After beating incredible odds to prove himself a classroom genius, Steven has been cruelly snubbed by prospective employers.· To protect yourself, experts recommend you ask a prospective employer for a contract. ► investor· Actuaries are asked to provide information on products and companies for prospective investors and their advisers.· They resented standing in line while tellers explained money-market accounts and no-load funds to prospective investors.· There may be other issues of importance to individual prospective investors, who must make additional enquiries as they see necessary.· An opportunity will be made available for prospective investors to make additional enquiries.· Registration is also of interest to credit analysts, liquidators, receivers, shareholders, and prospective investors. ► juror· The prospective jurors all were screened from public view by a new partial wall the judge ordered installed in the courtroom.· The prospective jurors are in the corridor.· Monday, prospective jurors filled out a six-page questionaire that asked about their jobs, education and military training.· Of the prospective jurors questioned, only six were dismissed in open court.· The pool of prospective jurors all knew something about Madonna, and many said they had her recordings.· He also said he did not want prospective jurors to read news reports of how a person might be excused from serving.· On Tuesday, jury selection begins as a panel of 75 prospective jurors is given questionnaires to complete. ► member· Over 50 attended the function, but what was so encouraging was the quality of the prospective members that attended.· The upper limit for prospective members of the future monetary union is 3 percent.· Otherwise auditing as a career will become even more unattractive to prospective members than it is already.· The attorneys approached the bench, assorted papers were passed around, and the prospective members of the jury were led in. ► parent· The first visit by prospective parents is important as it creates a lasting impression.· Soon, prospective parents come forward.· Which is why we've developed our Ultra Sound Diagnostic Scanner to offer peace of mind to prospective parents.· Some researchers say that interracial adoptions are more complicated than many prospective parents believe.· So for all you prospective parents out there help may be at hand in around two years time.· Through a relative, they learned of Hicks and added their name to his list of prospective parents.· Everything I saw told me I was a prospective parent taking a tour.· Schools should also hold meetings for prospective parents. ► partner· Newbridge officials said they are working out a business strategy with their prospective partner, whom they declined to name.· So accept that what you see in a prospective partner is what you will get.· Take your prospective partner to meet a prospect that she has never met.· One important proviso: You must expect that you will be wanting your prospective partner to win this test.· All these trials will give you a better knowledge of your prospective partner. ► purchaser· The prospective purchaser can also choose the size of the gadget.· The bids that prospective purchasers make and the outline of their proposals will be taken carefully into account.· The price must be clearly legible to a prospective purchaser and clearly identifiable as referring to the goods in question.· The argument that cheaper labour costs force manufacture abroad should not be acceptable to us as prospective purchasers.· The Bentleys were the tenth set of prospective purchasers whom he had shown round the house.· A steady demand was maintained during the building programme with prospective purchasers queuing on occasions to avoid disappointment.· The defendants showed both houses to a prospective purchaser, whose offer to purchase the adjacent house was accepted.· It does not purport to contain all the information that a prospective purchaser may require. ► student· The faculty welcomes prospective students wishing to visit departments.· Unfortunately, the prospective student decided that the University of Vermont was not for her.· He believes their disorganised state is turning off more and more prospective students.· Of course it is necessary for the prospective student to possess a reasonable amount of intelligence as well as a genuine desire to help others.· It said 78 percent of the schools require prospective students to demonstrate grade-level achievement.· A highly competitive employment situation for these jobs means that prospective students must be high on self-belief and talent!· Pierre sometimes finds himself caught between his loyalty to Vassar and his feelings of loyalty to prospective students of color. ► study· Definitive evidence of discrimination, however, may be obtained only from a prospective study.· Several prospective studies have shown improvement in linear growth in individual children with nutritional restitution.· This would enable prospective studies to be performed to determine the importance of platelet function in the development of vascular disease.· A prospective study comparing exfoliative and brush cytology has not yet been reported.· There have been few controlled prospective studies of the effect of transferring to human insulin on the clinical presentation of hypoglycaemia.· The prospective study, however, indicated a clear cut association between pseudomelanosis coli and colorectal tumours in man.· So far, no prospective study has been performed to investigate the natural history of gastric metaplasia.· This assumption, however, has still to be supported by prospective studies. ► tenant· Furthermore, the current state of the property market encourages landowners and both existing and prospective tenants to strike complex deals.· One of the prospective tenants was Clarke Romans, who wanted to locate a micro-brewery in a secondary building on the property.· However, I must tell you that another prospective tenant has appeared on the scene.· Board members advised prospective tenants to try out the units for 48 hours before moving in.· Many landlords in Calcutta, for example, make prospective tenants promise not to burn coal.· She introduced prospective tenants to properties and arranged lettings. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc 1 prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc someone who is likely to do a particular thing or achieve a particular position2likely to happen: the prospective costs of providing pensionsCOLLOCATIONSnounsa prospective employer· Smart appearance is important to most prospective employers.a prospective employee· A good pension scheme is the benefit most prospective employees look for.a prospective buyer (also a prospective purchaser formal)· He said that he had a prospective buyer for the boat.a prospective customer/client· We are conducting market research among existing and prospective customers.a prospective candidate· He is the Tory Party's prospective candidate for Oxford East.a prospective student/pupil· The college will be holding an open day for prospective students.prospective parents (=people who may have a child in the future. Also used to mean people who may send their child to a particular school.)· Adoption is more complicated than many prospective parents believe.· Prospective parents are welcome to visit the school at any time.
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