prosper
英 [ˈprɒs.pər]
美 [ˈprɑː.spɚ]
- vi. 繁荣,昌盛;成功
- vt. 使……成功;使……昌盛;使……繁荣
- n. (Prosper)人名;(英、德、罗、法)普罗斯珀
prosper 使繁荣,昌盛pro-,向前,-sper,希望,兴旺,词源同speed,desperate.
- prosper (v.)
- mid-14c., from Old French prosperer (14c.) and directly from Latin prosperare "cause to succeed, render happy," from prosperus "favorable, fortunate, prosperous," perhaps literally "agreeable to one's wishes," traditionally regarded as from Old Latin pro spere "according to expectation, according to one's hope," from pro "for" + ablative of spes "hope," from PIE root *spe- "to flourish, succeed, thrive, prosper" (see speed (n.)).
- 1. The high street banks continue to prosper.
- 商业街上的银行仍旧一派繁荣景象。
- 2. Ill - gotten gains never prosper.
- 不义之财不发.
- 3. He may have to become more conformist if he is to prosper again.
- 要想再现辉煌,他可能得更多地依照习惯办事。
- 4. They have been living on easy street since his business began to prosper.
- 自从他的生意兴隆以来,他们一直过着优裕的生活.
- 5. After that, all of a sudden, things began to pick up and prosper for Jabez Stone.
- 嗣后, 杰贝兹·史东突然否极泰来.