expect

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v.预期, 期待, 盼望

例句与用法：

I expect I will be back on Sunday.

我预计我会在周日回来的。

I will do what is expected of me.

我会尽本分的。

The journey was not as nice as we had expected.

旅途不象我们预想的那样好。

词形变化：

形容词: expectable | 副词: expectably | 名词: expectedness | 动词过去式: expected | 动词过去分词: expected | 动词现在分词: expecting | 动词第三人称单数: expects |

详细释义：

vt.

1. 预计……可能发生(或来到); 预料; 预期[+(that)][+to-v][O2]

He expected to finish the work by March.

他预期三月份完成这项工作。

We expected that you would succeed.

我们预计你会成功的。

2. 期待; 等待; 盼望

That's just what we expected.

那正是我们所期望的。

I'll expect you for supper at six o'clock.

我六点等你吃晚饭。

3. 认为理应得到; 指望; 要求[(+from)][O2]

Don't expect too much of him.

别对他期望过高。

I expect you to be punctual.

我要求你准时。

The professor expected respect from his students.

教授认为学生理应尊敬他。

4. 想; 认为[W][Y][+(that)]

I expect you are right.

我想你是对的。

vi.

1. 期待; 预期

2. (用进行时)怀孕, 怀胎

Mary is expecting.

玛丽怀孕了。