prompt
verb/prɒmpt/
/prɑːmpt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they prompt | /prɒmpt/ /prɑːmpt/ |
| he / she / it prompts | /prɒmpts/ /prɑːmpts/ |
| past simple prompted | /ˈprɒmptɪd/ /ˈprɑːmptɪd/ |
| past participle prompted | /ˈprɒmptɪd/ /ˈprɑːmptɪd/ |
| -ing form prompting | /ˈprɒmptɪŋ/ /ˈprɑːmptɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to make somebody decide to do something; to cause something to happen
促使；导致；激起 - prompt something The discovery of the bomb prompted an increase in security.
此次发现炸弹促使当局加强了安全工作。 - His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd.
他的讲话激起了人群中一男子的愤怒。 - prompt somebody to do something The thought of her daughter's wedding day prompted her to lose some weight.
想到女儿婚礼的日子，她决定减肥。
Extra Examples- The accusation prompted the resignation of the education minister.
这一指控促使教育部长辞职。 - The discussion was prompted by a chance remark.
这次讨论是由一次偶然的言论引发的。 - The earth tremors prompted worries of a second major earthquake.
轻微地震引起了民众对第二次大地震的忧虑。 - The incident prompted a full-scale review of police procedures.
该事件促使警方对程序进行全面审查。 - The news prompted speculation that prices will rise further.
这条新闻使人们推测物价将进一步上涨。 - What prompted you to choose this area?
是什么让你选择了这个领域？
- prompt something The discovery of the bomb prompted an increase in security.
- [transitive] to encourage somebody to speak by asking them questions or suggesting words that they could say
鼓励，提示，提醒（某人说话） - prompt somebody She was too nervous to speak and had to be prompted.
她紧张得说不出话来，只好听人提示。
- The program will prompt you to enter data where required.
这个程序将提醒你在需要的地方输入数据。 - prompt (somebody) + speech ‘And then what happened?’ he prompted.
“后来怎样了？”他鼓励对方继续说下去。
- prompt somebody She was too nervous to speak and had to be prompted.
- [transitive, intransitive] prompt (somebody) to follow the text of a play and remind the actors what the words are if they forget their lines
给（演员）提词