expects

英 [ɪkˈspekts] 美 [ɪkˈspekts]

v.  预料; 预期; 预计; 等待; 期待; 盼望; 要求; 指望
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  1. VERB 预期;预料;期待
    If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen.
    1. ...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
    2. They no longer expect corporate profits to improve...
      他们不再期待公司利润会增长。
    3. The talks are expected to continue until tomorrow...
      预计会谈将持续到明天。
    4. Few expected that he would declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency...
      几乎没人预料到他会宣布参加民主党总统候选人的竞选。
    5. It is expected that the new owner will change the yacht's name...
      估计新主人会给游艇改名。
    6. They expect a gradual improvement in sales of new cars.
      他们预计新车的销量会逐步上升。
  2. VERB 盼望;期待;等待
    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.
    1. 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。
    2. I wasn't expecting a visitor...
      我没想到会有人来访。
    3. We were expecting him home again any day now.
      我们期盼着他某一天再回家。
  3. VERB 要求；认为应当得到;指望
    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.
    1. He wasn't expecting our hospitality...
      他没有指望我们会盛情款待。
    2. 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。
    3. I wasn't expecting you to help...
      我没指望你帮忙。
    4. Is this a rational thing to expect of your partner, or not?...
      指望你的伴侣做这件事合理吗？
    5. She realizes now she expected too much of Helen.
      现在她意识到自己对海伦的期望太高了。
  4. VERB 指望;期望
    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.
    1. Don't expect an instant cure...
      别指望立即治愈。
    2. 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。
    3. Don't expect me to come and visit you there.
      别指望我会去那儿看你。
  5. VERB 怀孕
    If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant.
    1. She was expecting another baby...
      她又怀孕了。
    2. I hear Dawn's expecting again.
      我听说唐又怀孕了。
  6. PHRASE 我认为;我猜想
    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.
    1. I expect you can guess what follows...
      我想你能猜出接下来发生了什么。
    2. I expect you're tired...
      我想你累了。
    3. 'Will Joe be here at Christmas?' — 'I expect so.'...
      “圣诞节时乔会来这里吗？”——“我想会的。”
    4. 'I don't think you have much of a case.' — 'I expect not.'
      “我想你没有什么好理由。”——“我想没有。”
  7. PHRASE 你还想指望什么；那有什么大惊小怪的
    You can say 'What can you expect?' or 'What do you expect?' to emphasize that there is nothing surprising about a situation or a person's behaviour, especially if you find this disappointing.
    1. 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？
    2. 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？

    8. Do not confuse expect, wait for, and look forward to. When you are expecting someone or something, you think that the person or thing is going to arrive or that the thing is going to happen. I sent a postcard so they were expecting me... We are expecting rain.When you wait for someone or something, you stay in the same place until the person arrives or the thing happens. Whisky was served while we waited for him... We got off the plane and waited for our luggage. When you look forward to something that is going to happen, you feel happy because you think you will enjoy it. I'll bet you're looking forward to your holidays... I always looked forward to seeing her.
    不要混淆expect，wait for和look forward to。expect表示认为某人或某物即将到达，或某事即将发生：I sent a postcard so they were expecting me（我寄了张明信片，这样他们就会知道我要来），We were expecting rain（我们预计会下雨）。wait for表示在原地等某人到达或者某事发生：Whisky was served while we waited for him（我们等他的时候，威士忌端上来了），We got off the plane and waited for our luggage（我们下了飞机，等着领取行李）。look forward to表示期盼某事发生，因为会从中获取乐趣：I'll bet you're looking forward to your holidays（我敢肯定你在盼望着假期到来），I always looked forward to seeing her (我一直盼望见到她）。

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双语例句

  1. He expects the recession to bottom out
    他预期经济萧条将见底。
  2. The operator expects the ship to be out of commission until the end of September.
    技工预计这艘船到9月底才能修好。
  3. Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics
    托伦斯希望在下届奥运会上能够卫冕成功。
  4. The company didn't disclose how much it expects to gain from the two deals
    这家公司未透露这两笔交易的预期获利情况。
  5. The porter expects a gratuity.
    行李员想要小费。
  6. She expects me to drive round collecting jumble for the church.
    她期望我能开车去四处收集旧物用于教堂义卖。
  7. Josh expects me to manage all the household expenses on very little.
    乔希指望我对每笔家庭支出都精打细算。
  8. No one expects the Baltic states to naturalise young Russian soldiers, but army pensioners can be given citizenship.
    没人期待波罗的海各国会让年轻的俄罗斯士兵加入其国籍，但领取抚恤金的军人可获得公民身份。
  9. Jim expects to be sent to Europe any day now
    吉姆预计随时会被派到欧洲去。
  10. One expects people in the public eye to conduct their personal lives with a certain decorum
    人们期望公众人物的私生活能检点些。
  11. He expects me to stay on here and I can hardly refuse.
    他希望我继续留在这里，我很难拒绝。
  12. He expects to be out of prison in next to no time.
    他期盼着立即出狱。
  13. He expects the system to get even better as the engineers tweak its performance.
    他预计在工程师对其性能稍加改进后，该系统会运行得更加良好。
  14. She expects to be confined next month.
    她将于下月分娩。
  15. We still fall far short of what the Party expects of us.
    我们离党的要求还差得远。
  16. The teacher expects much of me.
    老师对我寄予很大希望。
  17. Across geographic gradients, levins expects allopatric races or coenospecies exist.
    穿过地理梯度，莱文斯预料有分布区不重叠的小种或近群种。
  18. The company expects hard work, but refuses to work its employees to death.
    公司要求工作勤奋，但不想把雇员累垮。
  19. Based on current conditions, the Climate Prediction Center expects the drought to last through at least the end of october.
    基于目前的情况，天气预报中心预测，这场干旱将至少持续到十月底。
  20. Tong said he expects regional economic integration to be at the core of the APEC agenda this year.
    唐伟康表示，他预期地区经济一体化将是今年apec议程的核心内容。
  21. Harry expects to follow the profession of lawyer.
    哈里希望从事律师工作。
  22. But Nokia said it expects to hold or gain market share in the fourth quarter.
    但诺基亚表示，预计第四季度其将保持现有市场份额，并有可能实现增长。
  23. "He no longer expects you," said the woman.
    “他不等你了。”那妇人说。
  24. Once we know the truth, he expects us to share it with others.
    我们一旦认识了真理，他就期望我们与人分享。
  25. I want to be confident that I create and deliver everything the customer and company expects.
    我深信我创建并交付客户和公司所期望的每件事情。
  26. The kind and number of arguments that procedure expects.
    过程期望的参数的种类和数目。
  27. This is what the corporate world expects from us, right?
    这就是企业界对我们的期望，不是么？
  28. Mr. Silver expects the price of the glasses to drop once technology and manufacturing improve.
    希尔弗先生希望一旦技术和制造工艺改善了，就会降低该眼镜的价格。
  29. You need to know what your rights are and what the bank expects of you.
    你需要知道你的权利是什么，银行预计的你。
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