expect

/ɪkˈspekt/📚 406 70 5中考高考

If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen. ^预料

verb [vi. 不及物动词]期待；预计；要求，指望；认为；怀孕

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}

-pect- spic = look, see,表示 “看”expect v. 期待，盼望（ex 出+spect→看出去→期待）

expect 出现在下面的课文中: Lesson 7 Too late expect 动词: 期待，等待; Episode 1 46 Linden Street ACT II expect 动词: 在期望中等待; Lesson 22 By heart; Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express; Lesson 51 Predicting the future; Episode 12 You're Tops ACT III; Episode 18 Making a Difference ACT I

vt. 预料；期望；指望； [ 口 ] 认为

单词造句:

期待, 等待

vt.&vi. 预计，预料

Jim has failed in mathematics as his teacher expected.正如他老师所预料的那样，吉姆数学考试没及格。

vt. 等待，期待，盼望（心理上的等待）

They are expecting guests tonight. 今晚有人要去他们那里作客。

expect 所表示的等待一般暗含着根据某些信息或规律而作出相应反应的意思，而 wait for 主要接续“等待”这个动作本身。

expect sth.

I expect a letter from Jimmy.

expect sb.to do sth. 期待某人做某事

I expect you to write back.
I expect my mother to come back.

wait for sth./sb. 动作上的等待

I wait for my mother.

vt. 认为，猜想（一般用于口语）

I expect so./I think so. 我希望如此［口语］
I expect you’ve heard the news. 我想你已经听到这个消息了。