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expect verb ADVERB | VERB + EXPECT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBconfidently 充满信心地期待◆She confidently expects to win.她充满信心地期待着获胜。fully 全心期待◆My parents fully expect us to get married.我父母满心指望我们结婚。rightly 理所当然地期待◆They rightly expect to be obeyed.他们理所当然地期待别人服从。not necessarily 不一定期待◆I do not necessarily expect an easy answer to this question.对于这个问题我并不指望一定要有一个简单的答案。not really 并非真正期待◆I didn't really expect them to come.我并非真的指望他们会来。half 有些期待◆I was half expecting to see Jim at the concert.我有些期待能在音乐会上见到吉姆。initially, originally 起初期待honestly 真的认为◆Did you honestly expect me to believe that?你真的认为我会相信那个吗？seriously 认真地指望◆You can't seriously expect me to sympathize with you.你不会是真的指望我同情你吧。VERB + EXPECTbe fair to, be natural to, be reasonable to, can, can realistically, can reasonably 公平地期待；自然地期待；合理地预期；能指望；能实际地指望；能合理地期待◆We can expect to see an improvement in the weather over the next few days.预计未来几天天气将转好。be unfair to, be unrealistic to, be unreasonable to, can hardly 不公平地预期；不实际地指望；不合理地期待；几乎不能指望◆It would be unreasonable to expect them to do all that work for free.期待他们不要报酬完成所有那些工作是不合情理的。◆You can hardly expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.不要指望能在几个月内学会一门外语。be foolish to 愚蠢地期盼◆It would be foolish to expect this at his age.他都这把年纪了，对此还抱有期待就太愚蠢了。be naive 天真地期待◆Was she really naive enough to expect that he had changed?她真的那么天真，居然期待他已经有所改变？would, would normally 期盼；正常情况下期盼◆I would expect the factory to be working again as normal by next week.我期盼着工厂到下周就能恢复正常运营。be entitled to, have a right to 有权期待◆You are entitled to expect certain minimum standards of hygiene.你有权期待获得最低卫生标准。PREPOSITIONfrom 从⋯那里期望◆We expect good results from our employees.我们期待员工绩效良好。PHRASESas expected 正如所料◆As expected, they lost the election.不出所料，他们输掉了选举。(only) to be expected 预期 ( 只会 ) 发生◆The wine list is excellent, as is to be expected from such a high-class restaurant.这份葡萄酒单制作精良，和这样高档的餐厅相称。◆This kind of tantrum is to be expected from a two-year-old.一个两岁的孩子这样发脾气是可以预料到的。be widely expected 被普遍期待◆The economy is widely expected to pick up in the first half of next year.人们普遍期待明年上半年经济会好转。expect a lot, too much, etc. of sb 对某人期待很高、过高等◆I think my parents always expected too much of me.我认为父母总是对我期待过高。when you least expect sth 在你最没料到⋯的时候◆An accident can happen anywhere, at any time, just when you least expect it.事故随时随地都会发生，就在最意想不到的时候。 |