English Dictionary

prospect

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹɒspɛkt/

名詞

The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook. / A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape. / A position affording a fine view; a lookout.

日本語の意味

一望できる景色、眺望 / 雄大なパノラミックな風景や景色の描写 / 見晴らしの良い位置、展望地点

From the cliff's edge, the prospect unfolded beneath us, a patchwork of fields and rivers stretching to the horizon.

崖の縁から見下ろすと、目の前に広がる眺望は地平線まで続く畑と川のパッチワークだった。

意味（1）

The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

As when a Scout[…]Obtains the brow of ſome high-climbing Hill, / Which to his eye diſcovers unaware / The goodly proſpect of ſome forein land / Firſt-ſeen, or ſome renownd Metropolis / With gliſtering Spires and Pinnacles adornd, / Which now the Riſing Sun guilds with his beams.

意味（2）

A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.

I went to Putney, and other places on the Thames, to take prospects in crayon, to carry into France, where I thought to have them engraved.

意味（3）

A position affording a fine view; a lookout.

Him God beholding from his proſpect high, / Wherein paſt, preſent, future he beholds, / Thus to his onely Son forſeeing ſpake.

意味（4）

Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.

Their prospect was toward the south.

意味（5）

The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.

a very ill prospect of a future state

意味（6）

The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.

The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,— no prospect of an end.

意味（7）

A hope; a hopeful.

The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.

意味（8）

(sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.

意味（9）

(sales) A potential client or customer.

意味（10）

(music) The façade of an organ.

prospects （ plural ）