0 the possibility that something good might happen in the future -- （發生好事情的）可能，可能性，機會
We'll be interviewing four more prospects for the jobs this afternoon. 今天下午我們要再面試四個有希望徵得這些職位的應徵者。
We face the prospect of having to start all over again. 我們很可能不得不再次從頭開始。
I'm very excited at the prospect of seeing her again. 一想到又會見到她我就激動不已。
The prospect of spending three whole days with her fills me with horror. 想到要和她在一起呆整整三天，我就毛骨悚然。
Prospects of/for (= opportunities for) employment remain bleak for most people in the area. 該地區大多數人的就業前景還是很黯淡的。
She's hoping the course will improve her career prospects. 她希望這門課能改善自己的事業前景。
There's every prospect of success. 有百分之百成功的希望。
[ + that ] There's not much prospect that this war will be over soon. 這場戰爭不大可能很快結束。
There seems little prospect of an end to the dispute. 爭端似乎不大可能平息。
1 a good view of a large land area or of a city -- 景色，景觀
From the restaurant there was a marvellous prospect of/over the valley and the mountains beyond. 從餐廳可以看到／俯瞰山谷和更遠處山巒的美妙景色。
2 to search for gold, oil, or other valuable substances on or under the surface of the earth -- 探勘
But the prospect of affirmative strategic behaviour by minorities counts against the standard simple-majority scheme and makes absolute majority rule a real alternative.
Within the bureaucracy of the multi-tiered health service, there was little prospect of them exercising any real user influence.
In prospect theory, loss delivers this exaggerated sting because losses are measured against the actor's reference point, not the actor's net asset position.
Furthermore, even for scholars who are dubious about the prospects for generalization or uninterested in its pursuit, theoretical explorations of historical causation remain important.
On the other, torments surface about restricted occupational prospects and tedium.
I also do not think that the only future for museums that do want to become more popular is a 'gloomy prospect of complete commodification'.
The prospect of a deeper scientific understanding of ageing processes and their technical manipulation is encouraging the ' biologisation' of old age.
Some political scientists have demonstrated how the prospects for democratization are enhanced by wars.
