
“他是一位有望当选的候选人。”★★☆☆☆(瑶瑶老师YaoYao_English)
【句子】I may have a prospective buyer for your beautiful house. 【Modern Family S3E18】 【发音】/aɪ/ /meɪ/ /hæv/ /ə/ /prəˈspek.tɪv/ /ˈbaɪ.ə(r)/ /fə(r)/ /jə(r)/ /ˈbjuː.tɪ.fəl/ /haʊs/ 【发音技巧】have a连读; 【翻译】我有个买家,有点想买你家的漂亮的房子。 【适用场合】 今天节目中,我们来学习一下prospective这个形容词的用法。 likely or expected to happen 或者likely to become or be 可以理解成:“有希望的;预期的;潜在的;可能要成为……的”; 比如说看这些词组: prospective buyers/employers/parents, etc. 就可以理解成:people who are expected to buy something/employ someone/become a parent, etc.“潜在的买家/雇主/未来的雇主/未来的父母” eg: We've had three sets of prospective buyers looking round the house. 我们已经来过三批潜在的买家看过这栋房子了。 eg: They are worried about prospective changes in the law. 他们对该法律有可能会出现的修改而感到担忧。 eg: He’s a prospective candidate. 他是一位有望当选的候选人。 eg: The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers. 这件事情应当对其他有意向的买家起到警示的作用。 【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.