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expect

英 [ɪk'spekt; ek-] 美[ɪk'spɛkt]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

vt. 期望；指望；认为；预料
vi. 期待；预期

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If you're training for a marathon, you wouldn't expect to turn up and just be able to run it.

Furthermore, the future of the market looks far from rosy, with sales expected to fall further to £1.

These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.

It did not work out as well as was expected.

The low-sodium, low- fat frozen dinners sold much better than expected.

Americans are less doubtful when it comes to politics: 73% expect to see a female president in their lifetime.

And we expect this will have a huge impact on obesity.

Broadly the same holds for the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Canada, and for Japan 50% of 2007 babies can expect to live to 107.

Lawrence Hajna, spokesman for the State Department of Environmental Protection, said officials expect the bear to make it through next winter.

Psychologists have shown that babies apparently expect their world to comply with the laws of physics and cause and effect as early as two months of age.

The state's facilities management project team is still in the process of developing its business justification and expects to have that completed and available to the public at the end of February, Martin said.

Oil prices are expected to remain lower for longer.

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.

Higher-income children are more likely to declare boredom and expect their parents to solve their problems.

That falls far short of the billions of dollars people once expected it to generate.

BrightLine iTV, which designs and sells interactive ads, says interest has surged: it expects its revenues almost to triple this year.

By the end of the decade, it's expected to be worth over $50 billion and generate 160 gigawatt-hours, enough to attract the attention of major companies that might not otherwise be interested in a decidedly pedestrian technology.

We can’t expect kids to turn off that admiration when the same person is selling sugar.

When investors put up money to build, say, a nuclear power plant, they expect to earn that money back over the planned life of the plant, which is typically between 40 and 60 years.

Traditionally, guidelines have heavily influenced the practice of medicine, and the latest ones are expected to make doctors more conscious of the economic consequences of their decisions, even though there's no obligation to follow them.

She is expecting up to 20 people at the first meeting she has called, at her local pub in the Cornish village of Polperro.

People should not expect too much from American higher education.

Efforts to accelerate the current energy transitions didn't succeed as expected.

A CFL cannot be simply installed in an incandescent fixture and then expected to produce a visual appearance that is more than washed out, foggy, and dim.

American educates so manymore people at university that one can’t expect all those who go to be as intelligent as the much narrower band in British universities, says the professor Christopher Rakes at Boston university, I’m not against elitism, but I happen to like having people who are more eager to learn.

In fact, most children outside of the United States are expected to become bilingual or even, in many cases, multilingual.

s in the United States were expected to pursue a career path in academia (学术界)

What can be expected of "this tough-love teaching style" (Lines 8-9, Para.

As we've seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents.

Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics (物流) have all been reporting better than expected results

How are people expected to react?

White's experience is what many psychologists had expected - that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for African Americans.

It was not as exciting as he had expected

I have been expecting it last week.

She never expected anyone to return the books to her.

They are less healthy than we expected.

Well, I know in my case, I did an English literature degree and I didn't really expect to end up doing what I am doing now.

Chris knows that his boss likes Kim's work, and he expects that his work will be compared with hers.

You might expect that the student who had undertaken the most exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision, but it turns out that's not true.

She expects that this will make women more careful when they walk around Green Ville alone at night Fortunately, there were usually no murders in Green Ville

This is the amount of calories you might expect to have in an evening meal, not in a drink.

What could British people expect if they maintain a normal body weight according to the WCRF

What kind of weather will be expected by midnight in most parts of the country?

But the least we should expect is that they do not foster divisions and exclude those who are already disadvantaged.

By comparison, you would expect to find a technological specification like this on your standard laptop in an office anywhere in the world.

first, they explain that if a given variable is playing a role in affecting well-being, then we should expect any change in that variable to correlate with the observed changes in well-being.

higher-income children are more likely to declare boredom and expect their parents to solve their problems.

It will also be necessary to understand what sort of yield farmers might expect and to establish the plant's safety.

It's in foods many of us expect, such as beef, chicken and other types of meat and dairy.

likewise, star faculty is not always found where you'd expect.

So there could be less protein, more sugar and some additives you wouldn't expect, such as caffeine.

So, we expect that the second part of the year will not be very good in terms of wage growth.

Start with a trial program, and expect to change the details as you go.

This means, for instance, a CUNY student could reasonably expect to receive the same quality of instruction from a prestigious professor as they would if they were enrolled in the same class at NYU.

We can expect that the ever-growing list of devices, systems and environments remain connected, always online and talking to each other.

You can expect that noose (束缚) to continue to tighten.

A teacher who wants to learn on-line teaching is expected to arrive by 2:00 pm.

As expected, I got a roasting, but I now understand why I need discipline.

As for the USA, it is almost unique among developed nations in having a population that is expected to grow by 20% from 2010—2030.

As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest.

Because they think as one, they have a collective 集体的 intelligence greater than you would expect from its individual parts.

Before starting their programme, students are expected to take a language test.

But don't expect it to show up in too many driveways.

But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process-not simply "millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic".

Cathy didn't expect any award but was still there to cheer on her friends and praise their accomplishments.

Coastal areas will be warmer and can expect a fair amount of sunshine in the morning.

Considering this, you might expect the book to be a dry recitation of facts.

Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs, economic matters, social problems, science, education, and health.

He got an older model than he had expected.

I didn't expect anything when I handled in my paper to mrs.

I expect you to do all the experiments and keep the results in your lab notebook.

I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max.

I went there yesterday and it is not as good as I expected.

In general, the kind of news which may be expected to give immediate reward are news of crime and corruption, accidents and disasters, sports, social events, and human interest.

In general, they can expect to live six or seven years more than men.

In return, we expect students to work hard.

It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.

It is unwise to expect your child to follow your path.

It was a lot more difficult than we had expected, but we persevered and made it.

It's expected to cost $279, 000.

It's harder than we expect to follow a new course.

Meanwhile, things that you might expect to discourage spending— "bad" tables, crowding, high prices — don't necessarily.

My trip to the repair shop cost me $62, and the sit is working well now, but I keep expecting more trouble.

Now, how much money do you expect to have for a year?

On average, engineering majors expect to start at about $62, 000 a year.

On september 11, 1933, famous physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, with confidence, "anyone who expects a source of power in the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine."

Ordered over a week ago, the books are expected to arrive any time now.

Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected.

People expect to get rewards from reading news.

Remember that you can expect the best in return.

She expected to a better show.

The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we haven't come as a society from the days when we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.

The global population is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050.

The shock and anger when a social media firm does something with data that people don't expect, even if users have apparently permission, show that the current situation isn't working.

We must realise that keeping appointments or being punctual is a contract that is silently agreed and we are expected to respect this contract.

The first and more important is the consumer's growing preference for eating out: the consumption of food and drink in places other than homes has risen from about 32 percent of total consumption in 1995 to 35 percent in 2000 and is expected to approach 38 percent by 2005.

Retailers that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe may well expect to rake in substantial profits thereby.

Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today’s economic climate.

Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data, but statistical errors are alarmingly common in published research, according to David Vaux, a cell biologist.

He says he expects the board to “play primarily an advisory role.”

Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution’s prohibition on unreasonable searches.

To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house all three departments began in June of 1871.

If software promises to save lives on the scale that drugs now can, big data may be expected to behave as a big pharma has done.

Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution's prohibition on unreasonable searches.

since students and parents expect a college degree to lead a job, it is in the best interest of a school to turn out graduates who are as qualified as possible—or at least appear to be.

Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today's economic climate.

We shouldn't expect it to be.