| 词汇 | expect |
| 释义 | expectUK:*/ɪkˈspɛkt/US:/ɪkˈspɛkt/ ,(ik spekt′)UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 expect [sth] vtr (anticipate [sth])预计；预期；预料We can expect rain later today over much of the country.预计全国大部分地区都将有降雨。usage: ‘expect’If you expect that something will happen, you believe that it will happen.I expect you'll be glad when I leave.They expect that about 1,500 people will attend. You can sometimes use a to-infinitive after expect instead of a that-clause. For example, instead of saying ‘I expect Johnson will come to the meeting’, you can say ‘I expect Johnson to come to the meeting’. However, the meaning is not quite the same. If you say ‘I expect Johnson will come to the meeting’, you are simply saying that you think he will come. If you say ‘I expect Johnson to come to the meeting’, you are showing that you want Johnson to come to the meeting and that you will be annoyed or disappointed if he does not come.Nobody expected the strike to succeed.The talks are expected to last two or three days.Instead of saying you ‘expect something will not’ happen, you usually say you do not expect it will happen or do not expect it to happen. I don't expect it will be necessary.I did not expect to be acknowledged.If you expect something is true, you think it is probably true.I expect they've gone.Instead of saying you ‘expect something is not’ true, you usually say you do not expect it is true.I don't expect you have much time for shopping.If someone asks if something is true, you can say I expect so.‘Will Joe be here at Christmas?’ – ‘I expect so.’Be carefulDon't say ‘I expect it’.If you are expecting someone or something, you believe that they are going to arrive or happen.They were expecting Wendy and the children.Rodin was expecting an important letter from France.We are expecting rain.When expect is used like this, don't use a preposition after it. expect, expect that vtr (with clause: anticipate)预料，预计I expect our team will lose again.Big business is expected to maintain America's ability to compete in the world market.我预计我们的球队又会输。// 人们预计大型企业能够保持住美国在全球市场中的竞争力。 expect, expect that vtr (with clause: suppose, speculate)预料；料想I expect that he got lost again.我料想他又输了吧。 expect [sth/sb] vtr (wait for [sth], [sb] to arrive)期待；盼望；等待I'm expecting a package in the mail.我在等邮寄来的包裹。 expect [sth] vtr (require, demand [sth])要求；需要As your employer, I expect perfection; this work isn't good enough!作为你的雇主，我要求完美，这个结果并不能达到这个要求！ expect [sth] from [sb] vtr + prep (require, demand [sth] of [sb])向…要求；认为…有必要I expect an apology from you.我认为你有必要道歉。 expect [sth] of [sb/sth] vtr + prep (require, demand [sth] of [sb])对某人有…的要求；对某人有…的期待The editor expects high journalistic standards of all his reporters.编辑要求所有记者都能写出高质量的新闻稿。 expect to do [sth] vi + prep (believe you will do [sth])认为某人会做某事；预料某人会做某事The England team expect to win their match against Sweden.英格兰队认为他们能够战胜瑞典队。 expect vi informal (be pregnant)怀孕备注: Usually used in the continuous form: be expectingMy wife's expecting.我妻子怀孕了。 expect [sb] vtr informal (be pregnant with)怀着（孩子）备注: Usually used in the continuous form: be expecting a babyI'm expecting a baby in July.My wife is expecting twins.我的预产期在七月。// 我的妻子怀着双胞胎。 复合形式： hardly expect [sth] adv + vtr (unreasonable to anticipate)别指望；不要期望备注: often preceded by "can"One can hardly expect to see a vaccine being produced before the month is out. |
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