词族 · prosper
中文词源
prosper 使繁荣，昌盛
pro-,向前，-sper,希望，兴旺，词源同speed,desperate.
英语词源
- 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.)).
权威例句
- 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.
词语辨析
【succeed, prosper, thrive, flourish】
这组词都有“兴旺，成功”的意思，其区别是：
succeed: 表示成功，强调完成某件想往或企图去做的事，与fail相对。
prosper: 指持续不断地成功，也指越来越成功。
thrive: 指蓬勃发展，常指显而易见的成功。
flourish: 指处于成功、繁荣、进步的顶盛阶段。
这组词都有“兴旺，成功”的意思，其区别是：
succeed: 表示成功，强调完成某件想往或企图去做的事，与fail相对。
prosper: 指持续不断地成功，也指越来越成功。
thrive: 指蓬勃发展，常指显而易见的成功。
flourish: 指处于成功、繁荣、进步的顶盛阶段。