prospect

名词 prospect:

1. the possibility of future success
   同义词：chance
2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
   同义词：expectation, outlook
3. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
   同义词：candidate
4. the visual percept of a region
   同义词：view, aspect, scene, vista, panorama
5. a prediction of the course of a disease
   同义词：prognosis, medical prognosis

动词 prospect:

1. search for something desirable
2. explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals

1. I see little prospect of an improvement in his condition.
   我看他的情况没有什麽改进的希望。
2. A rich harvest is in prospect.
   丰收在望。
3. This experience opened a new prospect in his mind.
   这一经验为他的思想开阔了新的视野。

pros.pect

n.（名词）
Something expected; a possibility.
期待：被期望的某物；可能性
prospects
prospects
Chances.
机会
Financial expectations, especially of success.
展望：经济上的期望，尤指对于成功的

A potential customer, client, or purchaser.
可能的顾客：一个可能的顾客、委托人或购买者
A candidate deemed likely to succeed.
有希望的人：被认为很可能要成功的候选人
The direction in which an object, such as a building, faces; an outlook.
面向：物体（比如建筑）面对的方向；视野
Something presented to the eye; a scene:
风景：呈现在眼前的某物；风景：
例句：
a pleasant prospect.
一处悦目的风景

The act of surveying or examining.
考察：考察或调查的行为

The location or probable location of a mineral deposit.
有矿藏迹象处：有矿藏的地方或可能有矿藏的地方
An actual or probable mineral deposit.
矿石，矿藏：确实的或可能的矿藏
The mineral yield obtained by working an ore.
矿物：采矿所得的矿物
v.（动词）
pros.pect.ed,pros.pect.ing,pros.pects
v.tr.（及物动词）
To search for or explore (a region) for mineral deposits or oil.
探察：探求（矿藏等）或为发现矿藏而考察（一个地区）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To explore for mineral deposits or oil.
探矿：勘探矿藏或石油

来源：
Middle English prospecte
中古英语 prospecte
from Latin prôspectus [distant view] [from past participle of] prôspicere [to look out]
源自 拉丁语 prôspectus [远处景观] [] 源自prôspicere的过去分词 [向外看]
prô- [forward] * see pro-
prô- [向前] *参见 pro-
specere [to look at] * see spek-
specere [看着] *参见 spek-