expect

【发音】

美 /ɪk'spɛkt/ 英 /ɪk'spekt; ek-/

【翻译】

1. v.料想，认为

   英释:to think that you will find that someone or something has a particular quality or does a particular thing

【短语】

1. expect too much of : 对(某人)期望过高

2. expect of : 对…期望（要求）

3. expect to do : 期待去做；期望做某事

【例句】

1. I expected her to be taller than me, not shorter.

   我曾以为她个子比我高，不会比我矮。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Higher-income children are more likely to declare boredom and expect their parents to solve their problems...

2. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...you would expect to find a technological specification like this on your tandard laptop in an office anywhere in the world...

3. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...you would expect to find a technological specification like this on your standard laptop in an office anywhere in the world...

4. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...what can we expect to see by the year 2020...

5. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...We can expect that the ever-growing list of devices...

6. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 听力题)...So we expect that the second part of the year would not be very good in terms of wage growth...

7. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...they expect to earn that money back over the planned life of the plant...

8. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...we would expect to see a negative relationship between the commitment to athletics and academic achievement...

9. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...I believe that changing the rules of capitalism will require a change in what citizens expect and ask of politics...

10. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...businesses do not expect customers to suddenly charge up a storm...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.期望；指望；认为；预料

   promise oneself/guess/find/feel/make/

2. vi.期待；预期

   look foward to/to look forward to/

【同根词】

1. adj

   expectant : 期待的；怀孕的；预期中的

   expectable : 能预期的；意料中的

2. adv

   expectantly : 期望地，期待地

3. n

   expectation : 期待；预期；指望

   expectancy : 期望，期待

   expectant : 期待者；候选人