听声词典

expect

E 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ɪk'spekt; ek-]
  • 美式音标 [ɪkˈspɛkt]
  • 国际音标 [ik'spekt]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt. 期望；指望；认为；预料
  • vi. 期待；预期

词源解说

  • 1560年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的expecare：ex (向） + spectare (看），意为向外看。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    expectant：期待的；怀孕的；预期中的。
    expectable：能预期的；意料中的。
  • adv性质的同根词
    expectantly：期望地，期待地。
  • n性质的同根词
    expectation：期待；预期；指望。
    expectancy：期望，期待。
    expectant：期待者；候选人。

用法辨析

    v. (动词)

  • expect的基本意思是“期待”“料想”,指相信或盼望有人会来或有事会发生,这种预料多有一定的根据,强调的是客观可能性,多用于好的方面,在口语中expect的意思常淡化为“认为”“想”,此时主语多为第一人称单数。
  • expect多用作及物动词,可接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语,也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
  • expect所接的that从句在表示“预料”“期望”时可用虚拟式,在作“想”“认为”解时可用陈述式, that有时可以省略。
  • expect的宾语从句若是否定式,常可用于转移否定结构,即把否定词移至主句。但在对话中则既可采用I don't expect so的形式,也可采取I expect not的形式,后者为非正式的语体。
  • expect后有时可用so和not分别代替前面的句子或分句的肯定式或否定式宾语。
  • 在表示过去未曾实现的“期望”“预料”时,须用过去完成时,而不用一般过去时。
  • expect是表示思想状态的动词,一般不用于进行体,但在表示语气婉转时可用于现在进行时。
  • expect还可用作“怀孕”的委婉说法,此时需用进行体。

英汉例句

    用作动词 (v.)

    用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

  • You arrived earlier than I had expected.
    你们到得比我预料得早。

    • 用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • None of us expected it.
    这是我们谁也没料想到的。

    • S+～+to- v

  • The scientists expect to find a chemical cure for lung cancer within five years.
    科学家们预期在5年以内找到一种治疗肺癌的化学药物。

    • S+～+(that-)clause

  • I expect he will come tomorrow.
    我预料他明天会来。

    • It is/was ～ed+that-clause

  • It is expected that former Foreign Minister Von Brentano will return to the Cabinet.
    前外交部长冯·布伦塔诺有望重新进入内阁。

    • S+～+so/not

  • “Will he be back tonight?” “I expect so.”
    “他今晚会回来吗?”“我想会回来。”

    • 用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

  • They expected steel production to reach 20 million tons.
    他们预计钢产量将达到2000万吨。

    • 其他: v -ed as Attrib.

  • The train arrived at the expected time.
    火车在预定时间到达。

词组短语

    用作动词 (v.)

    ～+名词

  • expect a change 期待变化
  • expect a fine Sunday 期待一个快乐的星期天
  • 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

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (THINK) to think or believe something will happen, or someone will arrive
  • (DEMAND) to think that someone should behave in a particular way or do a particular thing
  • (BE PREGNANT) to be pregnant

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant.
  • 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.

专业释义

    文学

  • 诗味

    • 语言学

  • 期望

    This paper tries to analyse the English-Chinese translation of the construction defined by the Construction Grammar under the guidance of Gestalt Theory to expect for better translation version in quality.
    在完形理论指导下,尝试将构式语法与翻译结合研究,对构式语法所界定的构式在英译汉过程中进行分析,在大胆尝试扩展构式语法研究的领域的同时,也期望能得到更高质量的翻译结果。

    心理学

  • 期待

    • 计算机科学技术

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