expect

高中CET4CET6

英[ɪkˈspekt]
美[ɪkˈspekt]

基本释义

v.
预期; 盼望; 料想; 指望; 怀孕

词性变化

实用例句

It is expected that the report will suggest some major reforms.

预计这个报告会提出一些重大的改革。

牛津词典

to expect a visit/call/letter from sb

等待某人的来访 / 电话 / 来信

牛津词典

Are you expecting visitors?

你在等客人吗?

牛津词典

We were expecting him yesterday.

我们昨天一直在等他。

牛津词典

We were expecting him to arrive yesterday.

我们一直盼望着他昨天到达。

牛津词典

Her parents expected high standards from her.

她的父母对她的期望很高。

牛津词典

Are you clear what is expected of you?

你清楚大家对你的期望吗?

牛津词典

I looked back, half expecting to see someone following me.

我回过头去,想着可能看到有人跟着我。

牛津词典

House prices are expected to rise sharply.

预计房价会急剧上涨。

牛津词典

I didn't expect him to become a successful writer.

我没想到他会成为一个成功的作家。

牛津词典

Do you really expect me to believe you?

你真以为我会相信你吗?

牛津词典

Many people were expecting (that) the peace talks would break down.

许多人预料和平谈判会破裂。

牛津词典

You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.

不要指望在几个月内就能学会一门外语。

牛津词典

We are expecting a rise in food prices this month.

我们预计这个月食物价格会上涨。

牛津词典

Don't expect sympathy from me!

休想得到我的同情!

牛津词典

That's not the sort of behaviour I expect of you!

我不敢相信你竟有那样的行为!

牛津词典

Don't expect an instant cure...

别指望立即治愈。

You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with...

不要指望你会喜欢所有和你共事的人。

She was expecting another baby...

她又怀孕了。

I hear Dawn's expecting again.

我听说唐又怀孕了。

I expect you can guess what follows...

我想你能猜出接下来发生了什么。

I expect you're tired...

我想你累了。

It tastes artificial, but at that price what can you expect?...

尝起来像是假的,但是就这个价格你还想指望什么?

If a guy hunts and owns guns, what do you expect?

如果一个人打猎而且还有自己的枪,你还想指望什么?

I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings...

我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。

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

预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人

They no longer expect corporate profits to improve...

他们不再期待公司利润会增长。

I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived...

我正在等几封重要的信件,可是一封都没到。

I wasn't expecting a visitor...

我没想到会有人来访。

He wasn't expecting our hospitality...

他没有指望我们会盛情款待。

真题例句

If you're training for a marathon, you wouldn't expect to turn up and just be able to run it.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Furthermore, the future of the market looks far from rosy, with sales expected to fall further to £1.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

It did not work out as well as was expected.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The low-sodium, low- fat frozen dinners sold much better than expected.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Americans are less doubtful when it comes to politics: 73% expect to see a female president in their lifetime.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

And we expect this will have a huge impact on obesity.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Broadly the same holds for the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Canada, and for Japan 50% of 2007 babies can expect to live to 107.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Lawrence Hajna, spokesman for the State Department of Environmental Protection, said officials expect the bear to make it through next winter.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Psychologists have shown that babies apparently expect their world to comply with the laws of physics and cause and effect as early as two months of age.

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The state's facilities management project team is still in the process of developing its business justification and expects to have that completed and available to the public at the end of February, Martin said.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Oil prices are expected to remain lower for longer.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Higher-income children are more likely to declare boredom and expect their parents to solve their problems.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

That falls far short of the billions of dollars people once expected it to generate.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

BrightLine iTV, which designs and sells interactive ads, says interest has surged: it expects its revenues almost to triple this year.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

By the end of the decade, it's expected to be worth over $50 billion and generate 160 gigawatt-hours, enough to attract the attention of major companies that might not otherwise be interested in a decidedly pedestrian technology.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

We can’t expect kids to turn off that admiration when the same person is selling sugar.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

When investors put up money to build, say, a nuclear power plant, they expect to earn that money back over the planned life of the plant, which is typically between 40 and 60 years.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Traditionally, guidelines have heavily influenced the practice of medicine, and the latest ones are expected to make doctors more conscious of the economic consequences of their decisions, even though there's no obligation to follow them.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

She is expecting up to 20 people at the first meeting she has called, at her local pub in the Cornish village of Polperro.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

People should not expect too much from American higher education.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Efforts to accelerate the current energy transitions didn't succeed as expected.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

A CFL cannot be simply installed in an incandescent fixture and then expected to produce a visual appearance that is more than washed out, foggy, and dim.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

American educates so manymore people at university that one can’t expect all those who go to be as intelligent as the much narrower band in British universities, says the professor Christopher Rakes at Boston university, I’m not against elitism, but I happen to like having people who are more eager to learn.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

In fact, most children outside of the United States are expected to become bilingual or even, in many cases, multilingual.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

s in the United States were expected to pursue a career path in academia (学术界)

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

What can be expected of "this tough-love teaching style" (Lines 8-9, Para.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

As we've seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics (物流) have all been reporting better than expected results

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

How are people expected to react?

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

White's experience is what many psychologists had expected - that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for African Americans.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

It was not as exciting as he had expected

出自-2014年6月听力原文

I have been expecting it last week.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

She never expected anyone to return the books to her.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

They are less healthy than we expected.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Well, I know in my case, I did an English literature degree and I didn't really expect to end up doing what I am doing now.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Chris knows that his boss likes Kim's work, and he expects that his work will be compared with hers.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

You might expect that the student who had undertaken the most exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision, but it turns out that's not true.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

She expects that this will make women more careful when they walk around Green Ville alone at night Fortunately, there were usually no murders in Green Ville

出自-2011年6月听力原文

This is the amount of calories you might expect to have in an evening meal, not in a drink.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

What could British people expect if they maintain a normal body weight according to the WCRF

出自-2010年12月听力原文

What kind of weather will be expected by midnight in most parts of the country?

出自-2010年6月听力原文

But the least we should expect is that they do not foster divisions and exclude those who are already disadvantaged.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

By comparison, you would expect to find a technological specification like this on your standard laptop in an office anywhere in the world.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

first, they explain that if a given variable is playing a role in affecting well-being, then we should expect any change in that variable to correlate with the observed changes in well-being.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

higher-income children are more likely to declare boredom and expect their parents to solve their problems.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

It will also be necessary to understand what sort of yield farmers might expect and to establish the plant's safety.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

It's in foods many of us expect, such as beef, chicken and other types of meat and dairy.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

likewise, star faculty is not always found where you'd expect.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

So there could be less protein, more sugar and some additives you wouldn't expect, such as caffeine.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

So, we expect that the second part of the year will not be very good in terms of wage growth.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Start with a trial program, and expect to change the details as you go.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

This means, for instance, a CUNY student could reasonably expect to receive the same quality of instruction from a prestigious professor as they would if they were enrolled in the same class at NYU.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

We can expect that the ever-growing list of devices, systems and environments remain connected, always online and talking to each other.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

You can expect that noose (束缚) to continue to tighten.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

A teacher who wants to learn on-line teaching is expected to arrive by 2:00 pm.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

As expected, I got a roasting, but I now understand why I need discipline.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

As for the USA, it is almost unique among developed nations in having a population that is expected to grow by 20% from 2010—2030.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

Because they think as one, they have a collective 集体的 intelligence greater than you would expect from its individual parts.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Before starting their programme, students are expected to take a language test.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

But don't expect it to show up in too many driveways.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process-not simply "millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic".

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Cathy didn't expect any award but was still there to cheer on her friends and praise their accomplishments.

2016年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

Coastal areas will be warmer and can expect a fair amount of sunshine in the morning.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 听力 原文

Considering this, you might expect the book to be a dry recitation of facts.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs, economic matters, social problems, science, education, and health.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

He got an older model than he had expected.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

I didn't expect anything when I handled in my paper to mrs.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I expect you to do all the experiments and keep the results in your lab notebook.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

I went there yesterday and it is not as good as I expected.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

In general, the kind of news which may be expected to give immediate reward are news of crime and corruption, accidents and disasters, sports, social events, and human interest.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

In general, they can expect to live six or seven years more than men.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

In return, we expect students to work hard.

2017年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It is unwise to expect your child to follow your path.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

It was a lot more difficult than we had expected, but we persevered and made it.

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

It's expected to cost $279, 000.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It's harder than we expect to follow a new course.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Meanwhile, things that you might expect to discourage spending— "bad" tables, crowding, high prices — don't necessarily.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

My trip to the repair shop cost me $62, and the sit is working well now, but I keep expecting more trouble.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Now, how much money do you expect to have for a year?

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

On average, engineering majors expect to start at about $62, 000 a year.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

On september 11, 1933, famous physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, with confidence, "anyone who expects a source of power in the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine."

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Ordered over a week ago, the books are expected to arrive any time now.

2016年高考英语北京卷 单项选择 原文

Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

People expect to get rewards from reading news.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

Remember that you can expect the best in return.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 选项

She expected to a better show.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 选项

The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we haven't come as a society from the days when we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The global population is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The shock and anger when a social media firm does something with data that people don't expect, even if users have apparently permission, show that the current situation isn't working.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

We must realise that keeping appointments or being punctual is a contract that is silently agreed and we are expected to respect this contract.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The first and more important is the consumer's growing preference for eating out: the consumption of food and drink in places other than homes has risen from about 32 percent of total consumption in 1995 to 35 percent in 2000 and is expected to approach 38 percent by 2005.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Retailers that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe may well expect to rake in substantial profits thereby.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today’s economic climate.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data, but statistical errors are alarmingly common in published research, according to David Vaux, a cell biologist.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

He says he expects the board to “play primarily an advisory role.”

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution’s prohibition on unreasonable searches.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house all three departments began in June of 1871.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

If software promises to save lives on the scale that drugs now can, big data may be expected to behave as a big pharma has done.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution's prohibition on unreasonable searches.

2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

since students and parents expect a college degree to lead a job, it is in the best interest of a school to turn out graduates who are as qualified as possible—or at least appear to be.

2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today's economic climate.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

We shouldn't expect it to be.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Verb
  • 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"

    "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"

    "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

  • 3. 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"

  • 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"

    "The are expecting another child in January"

    "I am carrying his child"

  • 6. look forward to the birth of a child;

    "She is expecting in March"

同义词辨析

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。

同义词

反义词

vt. & vi.预期;盼望;指望

despair

其他释义

despair

最新英语单词

行业英语