expectation 指期待某事发生或假设某事能发生，多含揣想的意味。
hope 通常指建立在愿望基础上的期待。这种期待有可能发生或实现，但也可能相反。
outlook 多指根据征兆或分析对要发生的事情的愿望或预料。
prospect 与outlook的含义相近，但侧重对成功、利润和舒适生活等方面的期待。
参考例句
1. Today the principal tools for prospecting the brain are electrical. 当今探查人脑的主要工具是用电的。
2. Otherwise the prospect is for stalemate . 不然的话，前景只能是僵局。
3. The prospective inspector prospected his prospect with his own perspective. 未来的检查员用自己的观点勘察他的前景。
英英解释
n.
1. the possibility of future success
2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
3. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
4. the visual percept of a region
5. a prediction of the course of a disease v.
1. search for something desirable
2. explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
