prosper

英 ['prɒspə(r)] 美 ['prɑːspər]

• vi. 繁盛；成功；兴旺

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 成功；兴旺

   be successful;thrive

英英释义

Verb:

1. make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance;

   "The new student is thriving"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. We are bound to prosper beyond other countries.
   我们肯定要比其他国家更兴旺繁荣。
2. The schemes of the wicked often prosper.
   坏人的阴谋常常得逞。
3. She can't prosper on the course she's going now.
   她现在所走的路是没有前途的。
4. With her at the wheel, the company began to prosper.
   有了她当主管，公司开始兴旺起来。
5. But for human selfishness, all might prosper.
   如果不是人类的自私，一切就都会繁荣了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. His business is prospering.
   他生意兴隆。

经典引文

• Nothing in nature prospered without control.

  出自： E. North

• The practice prospered. There were servants, a new Ford car, rounds of dinner parties.

  出自： Rosemary Manning

词汇搭配

• prosper in one's suit 求婚成功

词义辨析

v. (动词)

prosper, flourish, thrive

• 这组词都有“旺盛”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.flourish和thrive都可指生物发育好, flourish用以指植物,强调枝叶茂密或花果累累, thrive既可指植物,也可指动物和人。
• 2.flourish, thrive和prosper均可引申表示在某方面兴旺发达, prosper强调在经济上兴旺发达; flourish和thrive强调在某事业上如文化、艺术、科学、体育或某行业上兴旺发达。
• 3.表示经济繁荣时, flourish, prosper和thrive可互换。

近反义词

【近义词】

• thrive 兴旺
• flourish 茂盛
• succeed 成功
• do well 做得好
• get on 穿上，戴上
• grow 增加
• burgeon 发芽
• make money 赚钱
• show a profit 有利可图
• flower 花
• fare 车费
• fly high 有雄心大志

【反义词】

• decay (使)衰退