prospective

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pro·spec·tive /prəˈspektɪv/ AWL adjectiveadj [only before noun]

1. prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc someone who is likely to do a particular thing or achieve a particular position 可能成为雇员的人/可能成功的候选人/潜在的客户等

Examples from the Corpus

prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc• In University City, some agents issue similar warnings to prospective buyers.• It's putting off prospective buyers.• Requiring drug tests of this discrete group of citizens is an intrusion, a humiliation and a subtle deterrent to prospective candidates.• The only way they can market their products is to produce literature detailed enough to convince the prospective buyer.• The élite squads work more intensively and aim to produce at least three prospective candidates in each weight division.• Not only does a company interview prospective employees, the would-be employees are supposed to interview the company.• Abele also will provide prospective buyers with e-mail updates of new listings that meet their criteria.• Once you have a list of prospective candidates, you need to do a bit of research.

2 FUTURElikely to happen 很可能发生的

the prospective costs of providing pensions

提供养老金可能产生的成本

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nouns

a prospective employer

Smart appearance is important to most prospective employers.

a prospective employee

A good pension scheme is the benefit most prospective employees look for.

a prospective buyer (also a prospective purchaser formal)

He said that he had a prospective buyer for the boat.

a prospective customer/client

We are conducting market research among existing and prospective customers.

a prospective candidate

He is the Tory Party's prospective candidate for Oxford East.

a prospective student/pupil

The college will be holding an open day for prospective students.

prospective parents (=people who may have a child in the future. Also used to mean people who may send their child to a particular school.)

Adoption is more complicated than many prospective parents believe.

Prospective parents are welcome to visit the school at any time.

Examples from the Corpus

prospective• Otherwise, the prospective aerial photographer must construct the carrier using alloy strip or channel.• the prospective costs of the deal• They made their living hanging around police stations, paying policemen to alert them to prospective customers.• Texaco has introduced a compulsory HIV testing program for all prospective employees.• Writing a resume of your achievements that will make a prospective employer want to meet you requires practice.• My mother keeps introducing me to men she considers to be prospective husbands.• The pool of prospective jurors all knew something about Madonna, and many said they had her recordings.• Prospective jurors waited in the hallway.• This made a positive impression on those in a position to refer prospective patients.• The argument that cheaper labour costs force manufacture abroad should not be acceptable to us as prospective purchasers.• Pre-service preparation initiates the prospective teacher into the basics of professional activity.

From Longman Business Dictionary

prospectivepro·spec·tive /prəˈspektɪv/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

1likely to do a particular thing or achieve a particular position

I’m meeting a prospective buyer for the house today.

All prospective employees are required to undergo a medical examination.

2likely to happen

What are the prospective returns from an investment of $10,000 over five years?

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