عبارت انگلیسی
prospect
معنی و توضیح
The word “prospect,” in this podcast, means a potential customer or investor who might want to do business with oneself: “Everyone who visits our website is a prospect for buying the items we sell.” The word is also used to talk about how one feels about something that will happen in the future: “How do you feel about the prospect of retiring?” A “prospect” is also an idea or the possibility of having something happen: “The energy industry has good prospects for future growth.” When talking about work, “prospects” are future opportunities for having a good career: “She graduated with two degrees with honors, so she has a lot of job prospects.” Finally, the phrase “to prospect for (something)” means to look for a mineral, gold, silver, or oil in the earth: “In the 1800s, many people moved to California to prospect for gold.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Making Business Contacts». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 448 – Making Business Contacts.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 448. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. Go there to download a Learning Guide for this episode, an 8- to 10-page guide we have for all of our current episodes that contains the vocabulary, definitions, new sample sentences using the vocabulary, additional explanations, cultural notes, and a complete transcript of everything we say on this episode.
This episode is called “Making Business Contacts.” It is a dialogue between Phan and Montel, and they’re going to use a lot of vocabulary that would be used in the business world when you are talking about people that you want to work with or do work with. Let’s get started.
Phan: Hi, Montel. Thanks for agreeing to meet with me.
Montel: It’s my pleasure.
Phan: Since I’m new here, I was hoping you might be willing to give me some pointers on how to get new clients.
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.