pro

英 [prəʊ]

美 [proʊ]

n.  从事某职业的人; 职业运动员; 职业选手; 老手
adj.  职业的; 专业的
prep.  赞成; 支持

复数：pros　

TEM8计算机

Collins.2 / BNC.6425 / COCA.4060

习惯用语

n.

the pros and cons
• 事物的利与弊；支持与反对
  the advantages and disadvantages of sth
• We weighed up the pros and cons.
  我们权衡了利弊得失。

牛津词典

noun

• 从事某职业的人；职业运动员；职业选手；老手
  a person who works as a professional, especially in a sport
  1. a golf pro
     职业高尔夫球选手
  2. a young boxer who's just turned pro
     刚转为职业选手的年轻拳击手
  3. He handled the situation like an old pro (= sb who has a lot of experience) .
     他像行家一般处理了这一局面。

adj.

• 职业的；专业的
  professional
  1. a pro wrestler
     职业摔跤手
  2. pro football
     职业足球

prep.

• 赞成；支持
  if sb is pro sb/sth, they are in favour of or support that person or thing
  1. He has always been pro the environment.
     他一向支持环境保护。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 职业人员；专业人员
  Aprois a professional.
  1. In the professional theater, there is a tremendous need to prove that you're a pro...
     在专业戏剧界，非常有必要证明你是专业演员。
  2. I have enjoyed playing with some of the top pros from Europe and America.
     我很高兴能和来自欧美的一些顶级职业运动员打比赛。
• ADJ （运动员、体育运动）职业的，专业的
  Aproplayer is a professional sportsman or woman. You can also useproto refer to sports that are played by professional sportsmen or women.
  1. ...a former college and pro basketball player...
     以前打过大学赛和职业赛的篮球运动员
  2. Corsin played pro football for nine years.
     科尔辛踢了9年的职业足球赛。
• PREP 赞成；支持
  If you areproa particular course of action or belief, you agree with it or support it.
  1. I'm one of the few that's very pro performance-related pay.
     我是少数极力赞成绩效工资的人之一。
• PHRASE 利弊；优缺点
  Thepros and consof something are its advantages and disadvantages, which you consider carefully so that you can make a sensible decision.
  1. They sat for hours debating the pros and cons of setting up their own firm...
     他们在一起坐了数小时，讨论自己创办公司的利弊。
  2. Motherhood has both its pros and cons.
     当妈妈既有好的一面，也有不好的一面。

英英释义

noun

• an argument in favor of a proposal
• an athlete who plays for pay
  Synonym:professional

adj

• in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
  1. a pro vote

adv

• in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.

双语例句

• They sat for hours debating the pros and cons of setting up their own firm
  他们在一起坐了数小时，讨论自己创办公司的利弊。
• I'm a pro at being worried.
  我是个担心的赞成者。
• Will Frances Liss divorce her jailbird husband to marry her tennis pro?
  弗朗西·利斯会和她作囚徒的丈夫离婚，嫁给她打网球伙伴吗？
• They answered my letter pro forma; he kissed her cheek perfunctorily.
  他们随便给我回了一封信；他敷衍地在她脸颊上吻了一下。
• He finished ahead of the Spaniard, and in the process picked up his first time trial win as a pro
  他领先那个西班牙人到达终点，同时也首次作为职业选手获得计时赛的胜利。
• Corsin played pro football for nine years.
  科尔辛踢了9年的职业足球赛。
• The network connections on the server used the built-in Intel PRO/ 1000 GbE controllers.
  在服务器上的网络连接使用了内建IntelPRO/1000GbE控制器。
• It was merely a pro forma meeting; the real business had already been discussed.
  这只是形式上的会议，真正的议题早已讨论过了。
• And it's free as a part of New Relic Basic or Pro.
  作为NewRelic基本版本和专业版的一部分，它是免费提供的。
• Tasktop Pro leverages Mylyn's task management framework to link development activity with the change management and ALM tools.
  TasktopPro利用Mylyn的任务管理框架将开发活动与变更管理和ALM工具链接起来。