【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。
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When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.
