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提示,提醒,提白,付款期限迅速的,敏捷的,立刻的,提白员的激励

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prompt \Prompt\, n. (Com.)
   A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce
   purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See
   {Prompt-note}.

         To cover any probable difference of price which might
         arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for
         this article [tea] is three months.      --J. S. Mill.

Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Prompting}.]
   1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to
      instigate; to incite.

            God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the
            infant world by temporal prosperity.  --Jer. Taylor.

   2. To suggest; to dictate.

            And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams.
                                                  --Pope.

   3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics
      forgotten.

资料来源 : WordNet®

prompt
     n 1: a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the
          next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his
          prompting" [syn: {prompting}]
     2: (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer
        screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a
        command [syn: {command prompt}]

prompt
     adj 1: according to schedule or without delay; "they were always on
            time"; "a prompt reply" [syn: {on time}]
     2: characterized by speed and efficiency [syn: {expeditious}, {timesaving}]
     3: quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready)
        response"; "a prompt smile"
     4: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my
        letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a
        straightaway denial" [syn: {immediate}, {quick}, {straightaway}]

prompt
     v 1: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my
          career" [syn: {motivate}, {actuate}, {propel}, {move}, {incite}]
     2: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my
        relatives" [syn: {inspire}, {instigate}]
     3: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
        words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
        {remind}, {cue}]
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