1866, shortening of professional (n.). The adjective is first recorded 1915 (in golfing's pro shop).
pro (n.2)
"a consideration or argument in favor," c. 1400, from Latin pro (see pro-). Pro and con is attested from c. 1400, short for pro and contra "for and against" (Latin pro et contra).
雙語例句
1. It is only an Elastoplast solution to a far greater constitutional pro-blem.
對于一個非常嚴重的憲法問題來說，這只是個暫時的解決方案。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was at the forefront of the pro-democracy campaign in the country.
他活動在該國親民主運動的前沿。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The pro-gramme's researchers are guilty of bias and misrepresentation.
該項目的研究者們對心存偏見和誤解感到非常內疚。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I'm one of the few that's very pro performance-related pay.
我是少數極力贊成績效工資的人之一。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Rebellions in the area were bloodily repressed by pro-government forces.