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a [adj] pro
She is a seasoned pro.
她是一名经验丰富的职业选手。
职业运动员；职业选手
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职业运动员；职业选手
A professional, especially a professional athlete who plays for pay.
She is a seasoned pro.
她是一名经验丰富的职业选手。
某事物的有利之处,尤指相对于其不利方面(弊端)。
An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
职业运动员。
A professional sportsman.
职业运动员(为报酬而比赛的运动员)。
an athlete who plays for pay
支持某一概念或原则的人。
A person who supports a concept or principle.
She turned pro after winning the national championship.
她在赢得全国冠军后成为了职业选手。
We hired a pro to fix the plumbing issue.
我们请了一位专业人士来修理管道问题。
The pro gave us valuable advice on improving our technique.
这位专业人士就改进我们的技术给出了宝贵的建议。
She is a seasoned pro.
她是一名经验丰富的职业选手。
He turned pro at 18.
他18岁转为职业选手。
此结构也可用于非体育领域，表示‘专家’
He is a pro at golf.
他是高尔夫职业选手。
Not this
He is pro.
Use this
He is a pro.
缺少冠词：pro 作名词表示“职业选手”时是可数名词，单数形式前必须加不定冠词 a。
Not this
I need a pro advice.
Use this
I need professional advice.
词性混淆：pro 是名词，不能直接修饰名词；应用形容词 professional 或改为 advice from a pro。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
转为职业选手
He decided to turn pro after winning the amateur championship.
他赢得业余冠军后决定转为职业选手。
职业球员
She is a pro player in the NBA.
她是NBA的职业球员。
职业运动员
Many pro athletes earn huge salaries.
许多职业运动员收入很高。
职业高尔夫球手
Tiger Woods is a famous pro golfer.
泰格·伍兹是著名的职业高尔夫球手。
职业队
He plays for a pro team in Europe.
他在欧洲的一支职业队打球。
赞成和反对的理由
We need to weigh the pros and cons before making a decision.
在做决定前，我们需要权衡利弊。
形式上的
The meeting was pro forma; we already knew the outcome.
这次会议只是形式上的；我们早就知道结果了。
公益的，无偿的
The lawyer took the case pro bono.
这位律师无偿代理了此案。
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Pro是professional的缩写，联想职业选手靠比赛赚钱。
“pro”作名词指职业运动员时，通常用于非正式或口语化的体育语境，如体育报道、采访或球迷讨论中，比较常见于日常会话而非正式书面文件。
All these words share the /oʊ/ vowel sound with 'pro' and rhyme. Beware that words like 'do' (/duː/), 'to' (/tuː/), and 'who' (/huː/) are spelled with 'o' but have different sounds.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.