expect

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v.[T]
1.预计...可能发生（或来到）；预料
2.等待，期待，盼望
3.认为理应得到；期望；认为...必要，要求
4.【口】认为，猜想
5.【古】等候
v.[I]
1.期待，预期
2.怀孕，怀胎
3.【古】等候；停留

时　态：expected,expecting,expects

名　词：expect'edness

形容词：expect'able

副　词：expect'edly

同反义词

同：	[v.] anticipate, ask, await, gestate

词义辨析

desire，wish，hope，expect，want，long

这些动词都有“希望”之意。
desire语气较正式庄重，着重渴望的力量与热切，常含有强烈的意图和目的。
wish语气较弱，多指难于实现或不可能实现的愿望。
hope指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。
expect通常指有很大程度的把握，但仍含有预料之意，或预计某事或某行动的发生。
want一般指所想要的东西是切望得到的东西，能弥补实际需要。
long语气强，指极殷切地盼望着，这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望，但含一定感情色彩。

参考例句

You can’t expect to make a place in the sun for yourself it you keep taking refuge under the family tree. ——Claude McDonald
如果你总在家庭大树下避难，就不要指望为自己在太阳下争得一席之地。收藏
They can expect an earful on what the slump is doing economically.
他们将因商业不景气对经济所产生的影响而受到严厉的训斥。收藏
The piper did not expect this treacherous stroke.
吹风笛的人没有料到这背信弃义的一着。收藏
I expect the woman I finally marry to agree with me on such basic thing as that.
我期望我最终与之结婚的女人会赞同我对这些基本问题的看法。收藏
You can't expect us to dole out money like a public charity
你别指望我们像慈善机关那样施舍钱财。收藏

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英英解释

动词解释：

regard something as probable or likely
- The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
[同] expect, anticipate
consider obligatory; request and expect
- We require our secretary to be on time
- Aren't we asking too much of these children?
- I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons
[同] expect, ask, require

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