prospect: implies expectation of a particular event, condition, or development of definite interest or concern: the appealing ~ of a quiet weekend. expect预期预计=anticipation, 如life expectancy预期寿命 （prospect前景常表示机会几率opportunity or possibility和当事人直接相关，如the prospects of promotion/peace晋升的机会/和平的前景，如good job/employment/career prospects美好的工作/就业/事业前途，在入学的前一年，一些prospective students会和父母先参观想考的大学，这里表示有意向的。名词prospectus表示预购股票预招学生预购图书，Noah Webster词典最早以预购prospectus形式出售，富裕的人提前付钱，使Webster能够得以生存写作）
outlook: suggests a usually general forecasting of the future: a favorable ~ for the state's economy. forecast预估预计，表示一个概率，而predict表示确定肯定而非概率 我们知道general有2个意思 1、通用普遍涉及大多数 2、总体的大概的不清楚具体的, 如general idea大意，如本例general forecasting对经济前景的大致预估 另外outlook还表示人生观世界观，对生活的观点看法，如the illness had a profound effect on his outlook这场病对他的人生观产生了深刻的影响，如most Western societies are liberal in outlook西方社会大多思想观念开放
anticipation: implies a prospect or outlook that involves advance suffering or enjoyment of what is foreseen: reviewing his notes in ~ of the next meeting. 伊索寓言有一篇〈海边的旅行者〉: 看到远处海面上有一个物体，开始以为是大船，物体接近后看好像是小船，待物体漂到岸边，才看清原来是一捆木头，感叹到"我们白白等待了we have waited for no purpose"。 寓意是"our mere anticipation of life outrun realities我们对生活的预期常常不符合实际"，anticipation和其他词的区别是，它表示"采取了准备或行动"，如本例复习笔记review his notes，如寓言中的守候等待waited for no purpose
foretaste: implies an actual though brief or partial experiencing of something that come later in full force: the ~frost was a ~ of winter.
prospect前景: 指预期的事物与当事人相关(interest利益或兴趣，concern关注)，outlook前景: 通常指大致预估，anticipation预期预备: 增加了因此采取行动的意思，如先行享受或准备吃苦，foretaste预先体验品尝: 表示实际但简短局部的体验，后续会完整体验
记忆方法: 1）首字母POAF想成A Professor Of Finance金融学教授<==预期前景
2）前景的意思是对即将到来事物的预期mean an advance realization of something to come. （realize认识到意识到领会，如we realised something was wrong我们意识到有什么不对劲，如if you were in the Sahara, you would realize the value of fresh water如果你在撒哈拉沙漠, 就会认识到淡水的价值） 预期的意思是是"对未来情况的估计" ，是对未来的realization认识意识领会
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