Prompt
[prɒm(p)t] or [prɑmpt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command.
(noun.) a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); 'the audience could hear his prompting'.
(verb.) serve as the inciting cause of; 'She prompted me to call my relatives'.
(verb.) assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.
(adj.) according to schedule or without delay; on time; 'the train is prompt' .
(adj.) ready and willing or quick to act; 'she is always prompt to help her friends'; .
校對:莫利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
(v. t.) To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
(v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.
(v. t.) To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
格斯編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Ready, quick, apt.[2]. Early, timely, punctual.
v. a. [1]. Incite, induce, stimulate, impel, engage, incline, dispose, urge, set on, draw on.[2]. Put in mind, give the cue to.[3]. Dictate, suggest, hint.
伊诺克校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Ready, alert, responsive, active, quick, brisk, apt, unhesitating
ANT:Unready, sluggish, irresponsive, inactive
巴罗錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. prepared: ready and willing: acting with alacrity: cheerful: unhesitating: (obs.) inclined disposed.—v.t. to incite: to move to action: to assist a speaker when at a loss for words: to suggest to the mind.—n. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased the limit being stated on the prompt-note the note of reminder.—ns. Prompt′-book a copy of a play arranged for the prompter's use; Prompt′er; Prompt′ing the act of prompting or suggesting: that which is prompted or suggested; Prompt′itūde promptness: readiness: willingness: quickness of decision and action.—adv. Prompt′ly.—ns. Prompt′ness; Prompt′ūary a magazine repository a handbook; Prompt′ūre (Shak.) suggestion: instigation.
編輯:罗德里克
例句/造句/用法:
- But now, at hunting and hawking, and each idle sport of wood and river, who so prompt as the Templars in all these fond vanities? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Except for his prompt pursuit, so much in this way would not have been accomplished. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Matthew, sceptic and scoffer, had already failed to subscribe a prompt belief in that pain about the heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If they do not themselves find it out, I see no reason why I should prompt them to take a broader point of view. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Besides, we must be prompt, for this marriage may mean a complete change in her life and habits. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- That the oldest had still hopes of living one day longer, and looked on death as the greatest evil, from which nature always prompted him to retreat. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- All the other enterprizes of the Spaniards in the New World, subsequent to those of Columbus, seem to have been prompted by the same motive. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The beneficent effect of their activities on the health and general welfare of the masses of the people bears witness to the sanity and worth of the culture th at prompted these activities. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- So, though I admire your genius and the spirit which prompted you to invent so excellent a machine, we shan’t require it here. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The excellent and considerate feelings which prompted Mr. Winkle to take this step can never be too highly appreciated or too warmly extolled. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- You need not be prompted to write with the appearance of sorrow for his disappointment. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- In the latter case, you would expect that some prompting from outside would be needed to make so young a lad do such a thing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- These words are written under no prompting of idle self-contemplation. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- If he has had no visitors, that prompting must have come in letters; hence I try to find out who were his correspondents. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- More prompting was necessary. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In any other man I should have thought that the prompting of a magnanimous and noble character. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- With much embarrassment and some prompting I made out to announce the object of the meeting. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It fits like a circus tent, and a woman's head is hidden away in it like the man's who prompts the singers from his tin shed in the stage of an opera. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It is what prompts children to say smart things, and do absurd ones, and in other ways show off when company is present. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- And that you undertook to do what you might have done by this time, if you had made a prompter use of circumstances,' snarled Lammle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You were our audience and prompter. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It seems there is a little hole on the stage with a hood over it, in which the prompter sits when opera is given. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In this instance it was not occupied, and I was given the position in the prompter's seat, and saw the whole ballet at close range. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
校對:凯尔西