prospect /ˈprɔspekt/ n. 展望(常用pl.)；前景，前途：a youth with bright prospects 前途远大的青年I don’t relish the prospect to have to share/of having to share an office. 一想到将来得和别人共用一间办公室我就不舒服。［考句］ The prospects to find/of finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there. 加州金矿的诱人前景吸引了很多人在那里定居。in prospect 可以预料到，有希望：He is out of work and has nothing in prospect at present. 他已失业，现在也没有找到其他工作的希望。
prospective /prəˈspektiv/ adj. 预期的，未来的：prospective achievements 预期的成就；sb.’s prospective neighbour 某人未来的邻居
