美[?k?sp?kt] 1 . Don't expect me to come and visit you there.
別指望我會去那兒看你。
來自柯林斯例句
2 . "Will Joe be here at Christmas?" — "I expect so."
“圣誕節時喬會來這里嗎？”——“我想會的。”
來自柯林斯例句
3 . How can you expect me to believe your promises?
你怎能指望我相信你的承諾？
來自柯林斯例句
4 . I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him.
我希望他沒指望你熬夜等他。
來自柯林斯例句
5 . Organisers expect up to 300,000 protesters to join the march.
組織者們預計會有多達30萬名的抗議者參加這次游行。
來自柯林斯例句
1.regard something as probable or likely;
The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
2.consider obligatory; request and expect;
We require our secretary to be on time
3.look forward to the probable occurrence of;
We were expecting a visit from our relatives
4.consider reasonable or due;
I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed
5.be pregnant with;
She is bearing his child
6.look forward to the birth of a child;
She is expecting in March
基本要點 1.expect的基本意思是“期待”“料想”,指相信或盼望有人會來或有事會發生，這種預料多有一定的根據，強調的是客觀可能性，多用于好的方面，在口語中expect的意思常淡化為“認為”“想”,此時主語多為第一人稱單數。 2.expect多用作及物動詞，可接名詞、代詞、動詞不定式或that從句作賓語，也可接以動詞不定式充當補足語的復合賓語。 3.expect所接的that從句在表示“預料”“期望”時可用虛擬式，在作“想”“認為”解時
