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Prospect 是什么意思?前景、可能性与 perspective 的区别

Prospect 可以指可能发生的事,复数 prospects 常指发展前景。就业前景是 job prospects;换成 perspectives,就变成了看事情的角度。

Prospect 表示某件事发生的可能性或预期,例如 the prospect of a pay rise。复数 prospects 常表示未来成功的机会:job prospects、career prospects。它不是泛指街道或广告的普通用词;宽阔街道叫 avenue,广告册叫 brochure 或 leaflet,英国大学给申请者的介绍册则叫 prospectus。

prospect:这次词义能选对吗?

练习在对话中灵活使用英语词汇

开始学习

the prospect of + noun/-ing; job/career + prospects (plural); little/no + prospect of + noun/-ing

  • The prospect of speaking in front of 200 people made him nervous for weeks.
  • Many young people move to the capital because job prospects there are much better.
  • There's little prospect of the weather improving before the weekend.

修改原因

修改前Our office is on a wide prospect in the city centre, near the main post office.

修改后Our office is on a wide avenue in the city centre, near the main post office.

英语中,prospect 不是描述普通街道的常用词,所以 on a wide prospect 会让人困惑。宽阔的城市道路可叫 avenue。有些语言中的相似词确实表示大街,Nevsky Prospekt 等路名也会保留音译,但不能因此把它当作通用英语道路名称。

Cambridge Dictionary

未来机会叫 prospects,不是 perspectives。Perspective 表示视角、看问题的方式:Try to see the problem from my perspective。因此,良好的职业前景是 good career prospects。

动手练习

Graduates in computer science have excellent job ___, because companies are always looking for programmers.

(prospects / perspectives)

查看答案

prospects — 这里讨论毕业生找到工作的机会,所以选 job prospects。Perspectives 表示观点或视角,不能表达这里的求职前景,即使某些语言中表示前景的词与它相似。

写一个已经选择或想选择的职业。说明它的前景如何,以及你为什么这样判断。

I chose nursing because the career prospects are good: hospitals in my city always need qualified staff.

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