n.(名词)

1. 景色，风景，景象
2. 前途，前景
3. 可能性，成功的机会
4. 希望，展望 ，指望
5. 有希望的候选人
6. 视野，眼界
7. 预期，预料
8. 盼望的事物
9. 可能成为主顾的人
10. 方向
11. 远见
12. 形势

v.(动词)

1. 勘探（矿藏），勘察，探矿，找矿
2. 找，寻找
3. 试掘
4. 有（开采）希望，有前途

n.(名词)

1. [S]景象,景色 a wide distant view
2. [S]前景,前途 reasonable hope of sth happening; sth which is probable soon
3. [C]可能成为主顾的人; 有希望的候选人 a person who may perhaps buy one's goods, accept a job one is offering, etc.

Noun:

1. the possibility of future success;

   "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
   

2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

3. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

4. the visual percept of a region;

   "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
   

5. a prediction of the course of a disease

Verb:

1. search for something desirable;

   "prospect a job"
   

2. explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals

1. From the top of the hill there's a beautiful prospect over the valley.
   从山顶俯视,山谷间的美景一览无余。
2. John is in high spirits at the prospect.
   约翰对前景充满希望。
3. He doesn't like the prospect of having to live alone.
   他不喜欢未来可能要独居。
4. He recognized an easy prospect when he saw one!
   他一眼就能看出来可能会成为主顾的人。
5. She's a good prospect for the national team.
   她有可能选入国家队。

in prospect

可以指望,即将出现going to be necessary

• A prospect to the Caspian sea.

  出自：P. Holland

• Houses are low..and prospect into the streets.

  出自：S. Purchas

The prospects are that he will give opponents a thorough pounding.

他很有可能使对手们一败涂地。

There are much brighter prospects for a comprehensive settlement than before.

综合性的社区具有比以前更加光明的前景。

Miners have been thrown on the scrapheap with no prospects.

大批矿工被解雇，工作没着落。

The media played up the prospects for a settlement.

媒体夸大了达成和解的可能性。

The medium-term economic prospects remained poor.

中期经济前景仍然黯淡。

Their economic prospects have dimmed.

他们的经济前景变得很暗淡。

prospects for peace had already started to fade.

和平的前景已经开始日渐暗淡。

Career prospects are virtually unlimited.

职业生涯几乎是前途无量。

There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects.

公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。

They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects.

他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

He is very bullish about the prospects of his business.

他对自己企业的前景非常乐观.

Her trainer was even more gloomy about the prospects for British tennis.

她的教练对英国网球的前景甚至更为悲观.

I do not regard the prospects of the company favourably.

我不看好这家公司的前景.

While prospects are bright, the roads have twists and turns.

前途是光明的, 道路是曲折的.

They didn't regard the prospects favourably.

他们对前途不太乐观.

1. prospect作名词指“前景”时，常用复数形式。

   He has good prospects.
   他大有前途。

2. have a reasonable prospect of doing及have no prospect of doing是正式的书面英语用法。

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的prospectus：pro- (向前） + specere (看），意为观点。