Prospects

Definition

prospect /'prɒspekt/ n ၁။ [U] ~ (of sth/ doing sth) အလားအလာ။ ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ခ်က္။ There is no immediate prospect of a peace settlement. ❍ Many young families have little or no prospect of buying their own homes. ❍ A fascinating contest seems in prospect. ၂။ [sing] အလားအလာ။ ေရွ႕ေရး။ a daunting/an exciting/a terrifying prospect ❍ She viewed the prospect of a week alone in the house with alarm. ၃။ prospects [pl] တက္လမ္း။ အလားအလာ။ Further training would improve your job prospects. ❍ Long-term employment prospects for young people still look gloomy. ၄။ [C] အလားအလာရိွသူ။ She's a good prospect for the American team. ၅။ [C] ( dated ) ႐ႈခင္း။ ျမင္ကြင္း။ a magnificent prospect of the lake with the mountains in the background. /prǝ'spekt; US ' prɑspekt/ v ~ (for sth) (ဓာတ္သတၱဳ၊ ေရနံ စသည္) ရွာေဖြသည္။ The company is prospecting (for gold) in that area. ❏ prospector n ကြင္းဆင္း၍ (ေရႊ၊ ဓာတ္သတၱဳစသည္) ရွာေဖြသူ။

Examples

1. [prospect for] : The prospects for employment in the technology sector are especially good right now.
2. [prospect of] : Doctors say there is little prospect of any improvement in his condition.
3. [in prospect] : We have an exciting match in prospect.
4. Spending a week at his cousin’s farm was an exciting prospect.
5. [prospect of] : Her heart sank at the prospect of introducing him to her family.
6. Your employment prospects would be much better if you finished your degree.
7. Sean is one of our brightest young prospects.
8. She’s been on the phone all day calling various new prospects.
9. From the hill we had an excellent prospect of the river valley below.