prompt

noun

1. (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

Synonym: command prompt

2. a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

e.g. the audience could hear his prompting

Synonym: prompting

verb

1. serve as the inciting cause of

e.g. She prompted me to call my relatives

Synonym: inspireinstigate

2. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

Synonym: remindcue

3. give an incentive for action

e.g. This moved me to sacrifice my career

Synonym: motivateactuatepropelmoveincite

prompt的近义词

adj

1. performed with little or no delay

e.g. an immediate reply to my letter
a prompt reply
was quick to respond
a straightaway denial

Synonym: immediatequickstraightaway

2. according to schedule or without delay
on time

e.g. the train is prompt

3. ready and willing or quick to act

e.g. she is always prompt to help her friends

1. 促使；推动；引起
To prompt someone to do something means to make them decide to do it.

e.g. Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars...
日本经济的不景气使得消费者在购买车辆上减少了开支。
e.g. The need for villagers to control their own destinies has prompted a new plan.
村民们想要掌握自己的命运，这促成了一项新的计划。

2. 鼓励，提示（说话者）；给（演员）提词
If you prompt someone when they stop speaking, you encourage or help them to continue. If you prompt an actor, you tell them what their next line is when they have forgotten what comes next.

e.g. 'Go on,' the therapist prompted him...
“接着说，”医生鼓励他道。
e.g. How exactly did he prompt her, Mr Markham?
确切地说，他是怎样提示她的，马卡姆先生？

3. 迅速的；即刻的；立即的；及时的
A prompt action is done without any delay.

prompt的解释

e.g. It is not too late, but prompt action is needed.
现在还不算晚，但是需要立即采取行动。
e.g. ...an inflammation of the eyeball which needs prompt treatment.
需要立即治疗的眼球炎症

4. 敏捷的；迅速的；及时的
If you are prompt to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late.

e.g. You have been so prompt in carrying out all these commissions...
你执行所有这些命令可真够迅速的。
e.g. We didn't worry because they were always so prompt with their rental payment.
我们不担心，因为他们交租金总是非常及时。

1. 提示：4.提示(prompt)和提示渐隐(fade),根据儿童的发展情况给予不同程度的提示或帮助,随着所学内容的熟练又逐渐减少提示和帮助;间歇(intertrial interval),在两个分解任务训练之间需要短暂的休息.

2. 提示符号：假如你刚完成登录还没输入任何按键之前,你所看到的游标所在位置的同一行的左边部份, 我们称之为*提示符号*(prompt). 提示符号的格式或因不同系统版本而各有不同,在 Linux 上,只需留意最接近游标的一个可见 的提示符号,

3. prompt：program monitoring and planning techniques; 程式监视与计划技术