Anticipate

[æn'tɪsɪpeɪt] or [æn'tɪsə'pet]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; 'This composition anticipates Impressionism'.

(verb.) realize beforehand.

(verb.) be excited or anxious about.

(verb.) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time.

編輯:露西尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

(v. t.) To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.

(v. t.) To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.

(v. t.) To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.

手打:默文

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Go before, get the start of.[2]. Take up beforehand, consider in advance.[3]. Foretaste, forestall, antedate.[4]. Expect, forecast, foresee, look forward to, count upon, reckon upon, calculate upon, prepare one's self for.

編輯:韦德

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Forestall, prejudge, expect, foretaste, apprehend, prevent, prearrange,prepare, prejudge, meet, obviate, intercept, forecast

ANT:Remember, recollect, remedy, recall, undo, cure, misapprehend

卡特編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to be beforehand with (another person or thing) to forestall or preoccupy: to take in hand or consider before the due time: to foresee: realise beforehand or count upon as certain: to expect.—v.t. and v.i. to accelerate: to occur earlier than.—adj. and n. Antic′ipant anticipating anticipative.—n. Anticipā′tion act of anticipating: assignment to too early a time: foretaste: previous notion or presentiment: expectation.—adjs. Anti′cipātive Anti′cipātory.—advs. Anticipā′tively Anticipā′torily (rare).

手打:维吉尔