You use prospective to describe someone who wants to be the thing mentioned or who is likely to be the thing mentioned.
例句
The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers...這篇報道應該對其他潛在的購買者起到警示作用。When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.本有可能雇用他的老板們得知他吸煙后，說他們不會雇他。
ADJ
可能即將發生的
You use prospective to describe something that is likely to happen soon.
例句
...the terms of the prospective deal.可能達成的交易的條款
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
預期的; 未來的; 可能的
Is she a prospective buyer?她可能成為我們的顧客嗎?
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. concerned with or related to the future;
"prospective earnings""a prospective mother""the statute is solely prospective in operation"