Pro
[prəʊ] or [pro]
解释:
(noun.) an argument in favor of a proposal.
(adj.) in favor of (an action or proposal etc.); 'a pro vote' .
(adv.) in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc..
阿伊达整理--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth.
(adv.) For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con.
手打:西摩
解释:
Latin prep. meaning before used in English in many phrases.—Pro and con abbrev. of pro et contra for and against.—v.i. to consider impartially.—n.pl. Pros and cons arguments for and against an opinion.—Pro bono publico for the public good.
恩里科整理
娱乐性解释：
and CON Prefixes of opposite meaning. For example, Progress and Congress.
校对:马奇
例句:
- At night, naked and scarcely pro tected from the wind and rain of this tempestuous c limate, they slept on the wet ground coiled up like animals. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Call them pro-Germans, international financiers, or profiteers, and they will give you any ransom you choose to ask not to speak of them so harshly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- If I find a reason _pro_ equal to some _two_ reasons _con_ I strike out the _three_. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- It was to the divine Emperor that his book was dedicated as a pro test against the administration of Roman public works. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Rather than pass upon an uncertainty, the experiment will be dissected and checked minutely in order to obtain absolute knowledge, pro and con. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Action with a purpose is deliberate; it involves a consciously foreseen end and a mental weighing of considerations pro and eon. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It was a folio, _pro patria_ size, in pica, with long-primer notes. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- When, later on, the Persians began to subjugate the Greek cities of Asia Minor, they set up pro-Persian tyrants. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- This is a pro cess of artificial selection. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
整理:桑娅