做个职业人：pro的用法和辨析

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

——Pablo Picasso, Artist

「像专家般学会规则，好让你像艺术家般打破它。 」

——毕卡索 (艺术家)

一、你知道pro有几种含义吗？ 

adj.

职业的，专业的 professional

Brian set his heart on becoming a pro baseball player.

布莱恩下决心要做一名职业棒球运动员。

adv.

1.赞成地，肯定地in favour of or support that person or thing

n.

1.赞成者；赞成的意见；赞成票 [C] approve

We need to discuss the pros and cons of this method.

我们必须讨论此方法的正反两面。

2.职业人员，专业人员 [C]a person who works as a professional

 I have enjoyed playing with some of the top pros from Europe and America.

我很高兴能和来自欧美的一些顶级职业运动员打比赛。

prep.

3.赞成，支持 in favor of

I'm one of the few that's very pro performance-related pay.

我是少数极力赞成绩效工资的人之一。

二、含有pro的常见短语 

pro tem

当时的,暂时的

quid pro quo

n.补偿物,交换物,相等物,代用品

pro forma

形式上

三、做个填词游戏吧

But that it were as simple as being ___ or anti something.

但是这就像赞成或反对某些事情一样简单。