expect

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #797 ★★★★★

vt. 预期, 盼望, 期待

发音

US /ɪkˈspɛkt/

词形变化

expected expectedst expecteth expecting expects 三单 expects expecting 现在分词 expected 过去式 expected 过去分词 expectest expectedst 过去式 expecteth 三单 expected 复数

教材释义与例句

动词

期望；指望；认为；预料

to think that something will happen because it seems likely or has been planned

动词

期待；预期

He will be hard to beat. I fully expect (= am completely sure about ) that and I'm ready.

他很难击败。我确信这一点，不过我准备好了。

'Who are you?' he murmured, only half expecting (= thinking it was possible, but not likely ) her to answer.

"你是谁？"他低声问道，预计她可能不会回答。

He didn't get his expected pay rise.

他没有得到他预想的加薪。

释义与例句

v. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.

    We are expecting our third in June.

  2. 2.

    To wait; to stay.

    不及物 废旧
  3. 3.

    To predict or believe that something will happen

    期待

    预料

    及物/不及物

    when you least expect it

    I expect to be able to walk again after getting over my broken leg.

    The hostage is expected to be released later today.

    I expect it'll rain this weekend, but I hope it won't.

    I did not expect you'd come before I asked you to, but do expect you to apologize for it.

  4. 4.

    To consider obligatory or required.

    England expects that every man will do his duty.

  5. 5.

    To consider reasonably due.

    期望

    My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.

    You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.

  6. 6.

    To wait for; to await.

    废旧 及物

    The knight fixed his eyes on the opening with breathless anxiety, and continuing to kneel in the attitude of devotion which the place and scene required, expected the consequence of these preparations.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

look wait ask carry bear require await anticipate gestate have a bun in the oven

上位词 10

have think see look wait judge bear consider view birth

下位词 10

think wait call believe guess hope trust suppose imagine assume

近义相关 10

have look wait carry bear birth deliver await anticipate give birth

相关短语

expect the unexpected

词源

From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).

来源：wiktionary