【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.