來自中古英語prompten,使方便，提詞，來自拉丁語promptus,拿到前面的，便利的，來自promere,拿到前面，-pt,過去分詞格，來自pro-,向前，-em,拿，帶，詞源同example,exempt.后用于戲劇用語給演員提詞，提醒，引申詞義方便的，迅速的等。

Emily was a talented writer who loved to work on her articles at home. One day, her editor gave her the prompt (提示) to write about the impact of social media on communication. Emily felt encouraged and immediately started researching.

As she wrote, Emily realized that her article needed more prompts (線索) to make it flow better. She went back and inserted transitional sentences between paragraphs.

After several hours of writing, Emily began to feel tired and unfocused. To stay prompt (迅速的), she decided to take a quick break and do some stretches.

When she returned to her desk, Emily noticed that her computer was not prompt (敏捷的) enough for her liking. She promptly (立即) called IT and asked for an upgrade.

Finally, when Emily finished her article, she submitted it with the promptness (強(qiáng)制性) required by her editor. He praised her for being so prompt (及時(shí)的) in delivering quality work.