▶JUMP◀
[intransitive] to move by jumping on one foot 单脚跳
The little girl ran off, hopping and skipping as she went.
2 [intransitive] if a bird, an insect, or a small animal hops, it moves by making quick short jumps
3 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to move somewhere quickly or suddenly 迅速而又突然地前往某地
Hop in - I’ll drive you home.
Patrick hopped out of bed and quickly got dressed.
4 hop a plane/bus/train etc
American English informal to get on a plane, bus, train etc, especially after suddenly deciding to do so 匆忙搭乘
So we hopped a bus to Phoenix that night.
(4) How does a company weigh up all these factors and choose a supplier?
weigh somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb
1 to consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it 权衡，仔细考虑
We’re still weighing up the pros and cons (=the advantages and disadvantages) of the two options. 我们仍在考虑这两个选择的利与弊。
2 to watch someone and listen to them carefully so that you can form an opinion about what they are like (通过仔细观察和倾听来)考量某人
I could see that he was weighing me up. 我可以看得出他正在考量我。
be after somebody/something
to be looking for someone or something 寻找
That boy’s always in trouble - the police are after him again. 这个孩子总是有麻烦 --- 经常又在找他呢。
’Were you after anything in particular?’ “你有没有特别想要的东西?”
’No, we’re just looking.’ “没有，我还在看。”
(5) Having chosen a prospective supplier, then what does a company should do?
prospect noun
1 [uncountable and countable] the possibility that something will happen将要发生的事情
prospect of doing something
I see no prospect of things improving here. 这里的情况改善没有可能。
There is every prospect (=a strong possibility) of the weather remaining dry this week. 这周天气还是干燥。
prospect for
There are good prospects for growth in the retail sector. 零售行业会看到良好增长的前景。
prospect that
There’s a real prospect that England will not qualify for the World Cup.
2 [singular] a particular event which will probably or definitely happen in the future - used especially when you want to talk about how you feel about it 可能会发生的事情
prospect of
The prospect of marriage terrified Alice.
Greeks face the prospect of new general elections next month.
He relishes the prospect of a fight.
daunting/exciting etc prospect
be excited/alarmed/concerned etc at the prospect (of something)
She wasn’t exactly overjoyed at the prospect of looking after her niece.
3 prospects[plural] chances of future success成功的可能性
I had no job, no education, and no prospects.
job/career prospects 职业前景
Job prospects for graduates don’t look good.
4 [countable] a person, job, plan etc that has a good chance of success in the future
5 in prospect
formal likely to happen in the near future 可能会发生的
A new round of trade talks is in prospect.
prospective adjective [only before noun]
1 prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc
someone who is likely to do a particular thing or achieve a particular position未来的员工/候选人/采购人员
2 likely to happen 可能会发生的
the prospective costs of providing pensions 提供养老金可能会发生的费用
