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1. vt. 预计,预料 think or believe that sth will happen or that sb/sth will come
2. vt. & vi. 期望,盼望,指望 hope and feel confident that one will receive sth (from sb)
3. vt. 认为,想 believe; think

• expect a change期待变化
• expect a fine Sunday期待一个快乐的星期天
• expect a friend期待朋友
• expect a friend's visit期望一位朋友的来访
• expect a guest for lunch等客人吃午饭
• expect a letter from home等家信
• expect a pleasant vacation期待愉快的假期
• expect a rise in demand期待需求的增长
• expect a storm期待暴风雨
• expect a telegram等电报
• expect a telephone call等电话
• expect aid指望帮助
• expect aid from a friend指望朋友的帮助
• expect an affirmative decision期待肯定的决定
• expect an answer期待回答
• expect good results期待好结果
• expect good weather盼望好天气
• expect great things期望大事业
• expect guest等客人
• expect hot day盼望热天
• expect news期待消息
• expect opinion of sth希望听到对某事的意见
• expect sb's wishes期待某人的祝福
• expect sincerity指望得到真诚
• expect support from sb期待得到某人的支持
• expect sympathy指望得到同情
• expect the conclusion期待结论
• expect the fast approach of Christmas期待圣诞节快快到来

• expect anxiously焦急地等待
• expect ardently热切地期望
• expect breathlessly无心期待
• expect confidentially机密地抢先做
• expect confidently满怀信心地期望
• expect eagerly殷切期待
• expect early早早地指望
• expect erroneously错误地认为
• expect evidently显然预料到
• expect fondly盲目地等待
• expect fully信心十足地期待
• expect gloomily悲观地认为
• expect hardly几乎未预料到
• expect hourly随时期待
• expect impatiently急不可耐地期待
• expect little几乎不抱希望
• expect momentarily短暂地期待
• expect mystically秘密期待
• expect naturally天真地期待
• expect plainly坦率地认为
• expect presumptuously傲慢地认为
• expect previously先前地期待
• expect rationally合理地认为
• expect really真正地期待
• expect romantically expect浪漫地想
• expect too much期望太高
• expect tremulously过分敏感地期望
• expect unreasonably不理智地期待
• expect usually通常地期待
• expect vaguely盲目地认为
• expect vainly白想

• expect from期望(某人)会作出(某事)
• expect much from sb对某人抱有很大期望
• expect of期望(某人)会作出(某事)

expect too much of对(某人)期望过高

expect of对…期望（要求）

expect to do期待去做；期望做某事

1. This is what we expect to happen.
   这就是我们所预期将会发生的。
2. He is expected to get through to the finals.
   我们期待他进入决赛。
3. At last they got the telegram they had been expecting.
   最后他们收到了他们盼望的电报。