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  • v. 促使, 激起; adj. 敏捷的, 迅速的
  • [英] v. 促使, 激起 ( to move to action; incite) ; adj. 敏捷的, 迅速的 ( ready and quick to act as occasion demands)
  • [同] 派生词: promptness ( n. 敏捷, 迅速)

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin promptare, from Latin promptus prompt
  • Date: 14th century
  • 1. to move to action ; incite
  • 2. to assist (one acting or reciting) by suggesting or saying the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned ; cue
  • 3. to serve as the inciting cause of <evidence prompting an investigation>
  • ? prompter noun

II. adjective

  • Date: 1784
  • of or relating to prompting actors

III. adjective

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Latin promptus ready, prompt, from past participle of promere to bring forth, from pro- forth + emere to take — more at redeem
  • Date: 15th century
  • 1. being ready and quick to act as occasion demands
  • 2. performed readily or immediately <prompt assistance>
  • Synonyms: see quick
  • ? promptly adverb
  • ? promptness noun

IV. noun (plural prompts)

  • Date: circa 1531
  • 1. \[prompt (I)\] something that prompts ; reminder
  • 2. \[prompt (III)\] a limit of time given for payment of an account for goods purchased; also the contract by which this time is fixed


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