词汇精选:expect的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
v.
预期,预料 [I,T]
例句:
The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end. If not always in the way we expect.
失去的东西到最后总会回来的,尽管有时会出乎我们的意料。
例句:
He's very ill but doctors expect him to come through.
他病得很重,但医生预计他能挺过来。
期望,期待 [I,T]
例句:
I expect regular periodical reports from you.
我期待你定期汇报。
例句:
We expect your reply to our inquiry.
我们期待着贵方对我方询盘做出答复。
指望,要求 [T]
例句:
The husbandman cannot expect a crop without sowing the seed.
农夫不可指望不耕种就收获。
例句:
I wasn't expecting you to help.
我没指望你帮忙。
认为 [T]
例句:
Come on, you don't expect me to believe that!
得了吧,你不会认为我相信那个吧!
例句:
I expect the football game is on Wednesday.
我猜足球赛是在星期三。
【古】等候 [I,T]
例句:
I expect my friends in front of the cinema.
我在电影院前面等我的朋友。
例句:
I expect to have a rest.
我等着休息。
怀孕,怀胎 [I]
例句:
The dog is expecting again.
这狗又怀上了。
例句:
She was expecting another baby.
她又怀孕了。
二、词义辨析:
desire,wish,hope,expect,want,long
这些动词都有“希望”之意。desire语气较正式庄重,着重渴望的力量与热切,常含有强烈的意图和目的。wish语气较弱,多指难于实现或不可能实现的愿望。hope指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。expect通常指有很大程度的把握,但仍含有预料之意,或预计某事或某行动的发生。want一般指所想要的东西是切望得到的东西,能弥补实际需要。 long语气强,指极殷切地盼望着,这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望,但含一定感情色彩。
三、词义辨析:
look for,look forward to,anticipate,expect
这组词(组)的共同意思是“期待,等待”。其区别是:look for 是日常用词,也可表示“期待”。look forward to 指以欢乐或焦急的心情期待某事发生。anticipate 含有“预先体味”的意味。expect 指“等待某事发生”,常有一定的根据,发生的可能性较大。
四、参考例句:
Don't expect special treatment.
不要奢望得到特别礼遇。
Expect nothing and appreciate everything.
停止期望、享受一切。
We weren't expect to win.
我们没想会赢。
Taxi drivers don't expect gratuity.
出租车司机是不指望拿小费的。
I expect to see my uncle.
我期望见到我的舅舅。
They expect bonding to occur naturally.
他们希望能够建立自然的关系。
I expect to have a rest.
我等着休息。
Don't expect people to speak English.
别奢望法国人讲英语。
This is what we expect to happen.
这就是我们所预期将会发生的。
Both leaders seemed to expect measurable progress.
两位领导人似乎都期望取得显著的进展。