prospective
/prəʊˈspektɪv/adjective
attrib.
1- (of a person) expected or expecting to be something particular in the future（人）预期的, 盼望中的：
she showed a prospective buyer around the house.
她领着可能成为买主的人看房子。
1.1
- likely to happen at a future date; concerned with or applying to the future未来可能发生的; 未来的：
a meeting to discuss prospective changes in government legislation.
讨论政府立法未来可能发生变化的会议。
派生词
prospectively
adverbprospectiveness
noun词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'looking forward，having foresight'）： from obsolete French prospectif,-ive or late Latin prospectivus,from Latin prospectus 'view' （see PROSPECT）.