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1. Oxford Dictionary

   prompt

   • IPA[prɒm(p)t]

   英式

   • v.
     (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling)；cause someone to take a course of action
   • n.
     an act of encouraging a hesitating speaker；a word or phrase spoken as a reminder to an actor of a forgotten word or line.
   • adj.
     done without delay; immediate；(of a person) acting without delay
   • adv.
     exactly (with reference to a specified time)

   • verb: prompt, 3rd person present: prompts, gerund or present participle: prompting, past tense: prompted, past participle: prompted

   • noun: prompt, plural noun: prompts

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling) the violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country 同義詞 give rise to, bring about, cause, occasion, result in, ... 更多lead to, elicit, produce, bring on, engender, induce, call forth, evoke, precipitate, trigger, spark off, provoke, instigate反義詞 deter, restrain
   • ▪ cause someone to take a course of action curiosity prompted him to look inside 同義詞 induce, make, move, cause, motivate, ... 更多lead, dispose, persuade, incline, encourage, stimulate, prod, impel, spur on, urge, inspire, provoke, incite反義詞 discourage
   • 2. encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something ‘And the picture?’ he prompted 同義詞 remind, cue, give someone a cue, help out, coach, ... 更多feed, jog someone's memory, refresh someone's memory
   • ▪ supply a forgotten word or line to (an actor) during the performance of a play.
   • ▪ (of a computer) request input from (a user) the online form prompts users for data

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an act of encouraging a hesitating speaker with barely a prompt, Barbara talked on
   • ▪ a word or phrase spoken as a reminder to an actor of a forgotten word or line.
   • ▪ another term for prompter
   • ▪ a word or symbol on a screen to show that the system is waiting for input.
   • 2. the time limit for the payment of an account, stated on a prompt note.

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. done without delay; immediate she would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen
   • ▪ (of a person) acting without delay the fans were prompt in complying with police requests
   • ▪ (of goods) for immediate delivery and payment.

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. British exactly (with reference to a specified time) I set off at three-thirty prompt