expect

英 [ɪkˈspekt] 美 [ɪkˈspekt]
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  • vt. 期望;指望;认为;预料
  • vi. 期待;预期
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1. 看出来的. 向外看。
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词族 · expect

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中文词源

expect 预期

ex-, 向外。-spect, 看,词源同spectator, telescope. 即向外看,向前看。

英语词源

expect
expect: [16] Someone who expects something literally ‘looks out’ for it. The word comes from Latin expectāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and spectāre ‘look’ (source of English spectacle, spectre, spectrum, and speculate). Already in Latin the literal ‘look out’ had shifted metaphorically to ‘look forward to, anticipate’ and ‘await’, meanings adopted wholesale by English (‘await’ has since been dropped).
=> espionage, spectacle, speculate, spy
expect (v.)
1550s, "wait, defer action," from Latin expectare/exspectare "await, look out for; desire, hope, long for, anticipate; look for with anticipation," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + spectare "to look," frequentative of specere "to look at" (see scope (n.1)).

Figurative sense of "anticipate, look forward to" developed in Latin and is attested in English from c. 1600. Also from c. 1600 as "regard as about to happen." Meaning "count upon (to do something), trust or rely on" is from 1630s. Used since 1817 as a euphemism for "be pregnant." In the sense "suppose, reckon, suspect," it is attested from 1640s but was regarded as a New England provincialism. Related: Expected; expecting.

权威例句

1. Don't expect me to come and visit you there.
别指望我会去那儿看你。
2. "Will Joe be here at Christmas?" — "I expect so."
“圣诞节时乔会来这里吗?”——“我想会的。”
3. How can you expect me to believe your promises?
你怎能指望我相信你的承诺?
4. I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him.
我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。
5. Organisers expect up to 300,000 protesters to join the march.
组织者们预计会有多达30万名的抗议者参加这次游行。

词语辨析

【expect, urge, promise, intend】
expect: 要求,指望
urge: 敦促,力劝(某人做某事)
promise: 承诺,答应,保证
intend: 打算,计划,想要(做某事)

【expect, anticipate】
expect: 怀着确信之心来期待;
anticipate: 怀着喜悦或痛苦之心来预想

【expect, desire, wish, long, want, hope】
这组词都有“希望”的意思,其区别是:
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。
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。
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。
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。
hope: 指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。

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