You use prospective to describe someone who wants to be the thing mentioned or who is likely to be the thing mentioned.
例句
The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers...这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.本有可能雇用他的老板们得知他吸烟后,说他们不会雇他。
ADJ
可能即将发生的
You use prospective to describe something that is likely to happen soon.
例句
...the terms of the prospective deal.可能达成的交易的条款
英汉词典释义
adj.
预期的; 未来的; 可能的
Is she a prospective buyer?她可能成为我们的顾客吗?
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. concerned with or related to the future;
"prospective earnings""a prospective mother""the statute is solely prospective in operation"