資料來源 : pyDict

有希望的,預期的,將來的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, n.
   1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view;
      prospect. --Sir H. Wotton.

   2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.

Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, a. [L. prospectivus: cf. F.
   prospectif. See {Prospect}, n.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect;
      perspective. [Obs.]

            Time's long and dark prospective glass. --Milton.

   2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed
      to {retrospective}.

            The French king of Sweden are circumspect,
            industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair.
                                                  --Sir J.
                                                  Child.

   3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or
      contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a
      prospective benefit.

            Points on which the promises, at the time of
            ordination, had no prospective bearing. --W. Jay.

資料來源 : WordNet®

prospective
     adj 1: concerned with or related to the future; "prospective
            earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "the statute is
            solely prospective in operation" [ant: {retrospective}]
     2: anticipated for the near future; "the prospective students";
        "his prospective bride" [syn: {prospective(a)}]