expect /ɪkˈspɛkt/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (expecting,expected,expects)

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  V-T（及物动词） If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen. 预料

  例：

  ...a workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.

  …一个预料会在接下来几周里失业的工人。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you are expecting something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier. (常指因已安排而) 预期 [usu cont]

  例：

  I wasn't expecting a visitor.

  我没有预期会有访客。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you expect something, or expect a person to do something, you believe that it is your right to have that thing, or the person's duty to do it for you. 期待

  例：

  He wasn't expecting our hospitality.

  他没有期待我们的热情款待。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will. 指望 [with brd-neg]

  例：

  Don't expect an instant cure.

  别指望会有立竿见影的疗效。

• 5.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant. 怀上; 怀孕 [only cont]

  例：

  She was expecting another baby.

  她怀上又一个孩子了。

• 6.  

  PHRASE（习语） You say "I expect" to suggest that a statement is probably correct, or a natural consequence of the present situation, although you have no definite knowledge. 我想 [口语]

  例：

  I expect you can guess what follows.

  我想你能猜出下面会发生什么。