prompt
【英英释义】
v. 1. to prompt someone to do something means to make them decide to do it. 促使，推动，引起 V n to-inf / V n
2. if you prompt someone when they stop speaking, you encourage or help them to contiune. if you prompt an actor, you tell them what their next line is when they have forgotten what comes next. 鼓励，提示（说话者），给演员提词 V with quote / V n
adj.1. a prompt action is done without any delay. 迅速的，即刻的，立即的，及时的 usu ADJ n
2. if you are prompt to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late. 敏捷的，迅速的，及时的 V-link ADJ
to cause something to happen or be done
【词义深度解析】
prompt可以做名词、形容词，也可以做动词，作为动词表示“促进，推动，引起”，是个高频词汇，一定语境下可以替换cause, lead to。
【例句学习】
1. The scandal prompted the immediate resignation of the company's CEO.丑闻曝光导致这家公司的CEO立刻辞职。
2. The mass shooting prompts a heated debate on gun control. 大量的枪击案件引发了对枪支管控的热烈讨论。
3. The disastrous drought promted government action to restore the river. 旱灾促使政府采取行动修复河流。
4. An attack by JEM in September 2016 killed 19 India soldiers, prompting Mr Modi to send special forces across the line of control. 2016年9月JEM发动的一场袭击造成19名印度士兵死亡，这促使穆迪派遣特种部队越过控制线。
【词汇运用】
1. 翻译：失业率的持续增加可能会引发社会动荡。
the increasing unemployment rate may prompt social unrest. （自己）
The continuous rise in the unemployment rate may prompt social unrest. （参考翻译）
分析：不同的表述，失业率持续增加。
2.生活场景应用
Being treated in that way drove her face distorted with fury and pain.
