expect
美[ɪkˈspɛkt] vi.预期；期待；怀胎；怀孕
网络期待；期望；希望；指望
1 . Don't expect me to come and visit you there.
别指望我会去那儿看你。
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2 . "Will Joe be here at Christmas?" — "I expect so."
“圣诞节时乔会来这里吗？”——“我想会的。”
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3 . How can you expect me to believe your promises?
你怎能指望我相信你的承诺？
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4 . I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him.
我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。
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5 . Organisers expect up to 300,000 protesters to join the march.
组织者们预计会有多达30万名的抗议者参加这次游行。
来自柯林斯例句
1.regard something as probable or likely;
The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
2.consider obligatory; request and expect;
We require our secretary to be on time
3.look forward to the probable occurrence of;
We were expecting a visit from our relatives
4.consider reasonable or due;
I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed
5.be pregnant with;
She is bearing his child
6.look forward to the birth of a child;
She is expecting in March
基本要点 1.expect的基本意思是“期待”“料想”,指相信或盼望有人会来或有事会发生，这种预料多有一定的根据，强调的是客观可能性，多用于好的方面，在口语中expect的意思常淡化为“认为”“想”,此时主语多为第一人称单数。 2.expect多用作及物动词，可接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语，也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。 3.expect所接的that从句在表示“预料”“期望”时可用虚拟式，在作“想”“认为”解时