1ADJ [ADJ n]想要成为的;可能成为的 You use prospective to describe someone who wants to be the thing mentioned or who is likely to be the thing mentioned. 想要成为的;可能成为的
The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.
这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.