prospectors

英 [prəsˈpɛktəz]

美 [ˈprɔˌspɛktərz]

n.  勘探者; 探矿者
prospector的复数

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'prɒspekt, am 'prɑː-/. The verb is pronounced /prə'spekt, am 'prɑːspekt/ and is hyphenated pro|spect. 名词读作 /'prɒspekt, 美 'prɑː-/。动词读作 /prə'spekt, 美 'prɑːspekt/，分音节形式为 pro|spect。


• N-VAR 可能性；希望
  If there is someprospect ofsomething happening, there is a possibility that it will happen.
  1. Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered...
     不幸的是，几乎不可能看到这些重大问题得到回复。
  2. The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter...
     该国经历8年内战之后重归和平的前景正逐渐变得光明。
  3. There is a real prospect that the bill will be defeated in parliament.
     该议案很有可能会被议会否决。
• N-SING 期望中的事；将要发生的事；预期；展望
  A particularprospectis something that you expect or know is going to happen.
  1. They now face the prospect of having to wear a cycling helmet by law...
     他们现在面临的情形是：不久将需要依法佩戴摩托车头盔。
  2. After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect.
     晚饭后，他会架起脚来看书。想起来就让人愉快。
• N-PLURAL （尤指事业的）成功机会，前景，前途
  Someone'sprospectsare their chances of being successful, especially in their career.
  1. I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects.
     我选择出国工作以求在事业上有更好的发展。
  2. ...a detailed review of the company's prospects.
     对该公司前景的详细考查
• VERB 勘探；勘察
  When peopleprospect foroil, gold, or some other valuable substance, they look for it in the ground or under the sea.
  1. He had prospected for minerals everywhere from the Gobi Desert to the Transvaal...
     他已在从戈壁沙漠到德兰士瓦的无数地方勘探过矿藏。
  2. In fact, the oil companies are already prospecting not far from here.
     事实上，石油公司已经在离此不远处进行勘探。

双语例句

• Prospectors were also more likely to be engaged in various cost-containment strategies than defenders.
  型战略比防御型战略更善于进行各种不同的成本控制策略。
• Finally, offering credit to buy wildly overpriced stock is more akin to loaning the prospectors earth-moving equipment.
  最后，提供信贷用来购买定价高得疯狂的股票，更像是把挖土设备借给淘金者。
• Make Great Efforts to Enhance the Professional Technical Quality of Our Prospectors
  努力提高探矿工程专业人员的素质
• The prospectors have discovered such minerals as calcite, quartz and asbestos here.
  探矿人员在这里发现了方解石、石英、石棉等矿藏。
• The prospectors are always out in the field and never settle down in a fixed place.
  勘探队员成天在野外作业，没有一定的住处。
• Plenty of early prospectors soon packed their bags, dismissing Vietnam as an impoverished, war-scarred backwater too entrenched in Marxist ideology to provide a suitable business environment.
  然而，许多早期的淘金者很快就收拾行囊匆匆离开了。他们视越南为一个贫困潦倒、布满战争伤疤的穷乡僻壤，拘泥于马克思主义意识形态，无法提供一个适合发展的商业环境。
• For American prospectors, considerations over whether to enter Cambodia may extend beyond the usual risk assessments.
  对于可能进入柬埔寨的美国公司而言，是否进入柬埔寨的考量必须超越常规的风险评估。
• The farmer out his claim to all the land before the prospectors came, but it was in vain.
  这位农场主在探矿者到来之前立桩标明他对所有这些土地的所有权，但这是徒劳。
• Chapter 3 analyzes body of China financial ecosystems for 29 provinces, from the prospectors of both financial institutions and financial markets while in different regions and time periods.
  第3章从金融机构和金融市场两个方面，对我国29个省区的金融生态主体在不同区域，不同时期进行了对比，总结出我国金融生态主体的现状、特点和发展趋势。
• If stem cell researchers were oil prospectors, it could be said that they struck a gusher last week.
  如果将干细胞的研究者比作石油勘探者的话，那么上周研究发现就好比是探测到了一个大的喷油井。