Expect
[ɪk'spekt;ek-] or [ɪk'spɛkt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) look forward to the birth of a child; 'She is expecting in March'.
(verb.) consider reasonable or due; 'I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed'.
(verb.) regard something as probable or likely; 'The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow'.
(verb.) look forward to the probable occurrence of; 'We were expecting a visit from our relatives'; 'She is looking to a promotion'; 'he is waiting to be drafted'.
汉丽埃塔整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To wait for; to await.
(v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
(v. t.) To wait; to stay.
(n.) Expectation.
校對:塔玛拉
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Await, wait for.[2]. Anticipate, look for, look forward to, count upon, reckon upon, calculate upon, rely upon.[3]. Hope, hope for.
校對:鲁本
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Anticipate, await, forecast, forebode, wait_for, rely_on, look_for, foresee
ANT:Welcome, hail, recognize, greet, realize
珍妮特手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to wait for: to look forward to as something about to happen: to anticipate: to hope.—n. (Shak.) expectation.—ns. Expect′ance Expect′ancy act or state of expecting: that which is expected: hope.—adj. Expect′ant looking or waiting for.—n. one who expects: one who is looking or waiting for some benefit or office.—adv. Expect′antly.—ns. Expectā′tion act or state of expecting: prospect of future good: that which is expected: the ground or qualities for anticipating future benefits or excellence: promise: the value of something expected: (pl.) prospect of fortune or profit by a will; Expectā′tion-week the period between Ascension Day and Whitsunday—during this time the Apostles continued praying in expectation of the Comforter.—adj. Expect′ative giving rise to expectation: reversionary.—n. an expectancy.—n. Expect′er (Shak.) one who waits for a person or thing.—adv. Expect′ingly in a state of expectation.
柏妮丝手打
例句/造句/用法:
- What more can you expect from me, sir? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Mr Sampson murmured that this was the sort of thing you might expect from one who had ever in her own family been an example and never an outrage. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The manufacturer has always been accustomed to look for his subsistence from his labour only; the soldier to expect it from his pay. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I expect a judgment shortly and shall then place my establishment on a superior footing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Therefore, betwixt your breakfast and your supper,--on the premises I expect to find you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- What do you expect from your wife? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I remembered the furtive hatred in her face when she said, There is no news of Sir Percival that I don't expect--except the news of his death. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Have you found your first day's work harder than you expected? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It was a surprise: they had not expected the Englishwoman would play in a _vaudeville_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But in reality travelling interested her even less than he had expected. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I was not expected, for she left me locked in the yard, while she went to ask if I were to be admitted. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- That was to be expected of a man of his merits. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It was expected in case of necessity to connect these forts by rifle-pits. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Ah, Hopkins, I got your wire last night, and I have been expecting you. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I was certainly very far from expecting them to make so strong an impression. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Oh dear,' said Mrs. Leo Hunter, 'how anxiously I have been expecting him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I didn't have much faith that it would work, expecting that I might possibly hear a word or so that would give hope of a future for the idea. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Caroline came, expecting, as Shirley did, a lecture on not having been visible at church. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The emperor and his whole court stood on the shore, expecting the issue of this great adventure. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- It was only what he had been expecting to hear at any time during the months of his work, but nevertheless he was amazed when he did catch the sound. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Go, herald, and ask her whether she expects any one to do battle for her in this her cause. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- No one expects the young to make original discoveries of just the same facts and principles as are embodied in the sciences of nature and man. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The socialist demand for a better distribution of wealth is of great consequence, but without a change in the very nature of labor society will not have achieved the happiness it expects. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Lydgate was in love with this actress, as a man is in love with a woman whom he never expects to speak to. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I am sure he expects nothing, papa. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There now,said his lady, you see Mr. Palmer expects you; so you cannot refuse to come. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Do you think he expects to make a success of it? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
整理:玛米