expect

expect
verb
  1. [with obj.]regard (something) as likely to happen
    预计…可能发生；预料
    it's as well to expect the worst.
    最好作最坏的打算。
    [with obj. and infinitive]the hearing is expected to last a week.
    估计听证会要持续一周。
    [with clause]one might expect that Hollywood would adjust its approach.
    有人可能猜测好莱坞会调整其方式。
    ■regard (someone) as likely to do or be something
    估计…可能做
    [with obj. and infinitive]they were not expecting him to continue.
    他们没有料到他会继续。
    ■believe that (someone or something) will arrive soon
    等待；期望；盼望
    Celia was expecting a visitor.
    西莉亚在等一个客人。
    ■look for (something) from someone as rightfully due or requisite in the circumstances
    期望；指望
    we expect great things of you.
    我们对你抱有很高的期望。
    ■require (someone) to fulfil an obligation
    要求
    [with obj. and infinitive]we expect employers to pay a reasonable salary.
    我们要求用人单位支付合理工资。
    ■(I expect)(informal)used to indicate that one supposes something to be so but has no firm evidence or knowledge
    (非正式)认为；猜想
    they're just friends of his, I expect.
    我想他们只不过是他的朋友。
    [with clause]I expect you know them?.
    我想，你认识他们？。
常用词组
be expecting (a baby)
  1. (informal)be pregnant
    (非正式)怀孕
to be expected
  1. be completely normal
    完全正常；自然的
    he had a few lines about the eyes, but at forty-seven that was only to be expected.
    他两眼周围有一些皱纹，不过四十七岁的人了，这也是正常的。
what can (或 do) you expect?
  1. used to emphasize that there was nothing unexpected about a person or event, however disappointed one might be
    你还能指望什么？
派生
expectable
adjective
expectedly
adverb
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'defer action, wait'): from Latin exspectare 'look out for', from ex- 'out' + spectare 'to look' (frequentative of specere 'see')
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