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anticipate

/an-tis-uh-peyt/US // ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪt //UK // (ænˈtɪsɪˌpeɪt) //

预计,预期,预测,预见

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    an·tic·i·pat·ed, an·tic·i·pat·ing.

    • : to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
    • : to expect; look forward to; be sure of: to anticipate a favorable decision.
    • : to perform before another has had time to act.
    • : to answer, obey, or satisfy before it is made: He anticipated each of my orders.
    • : to nullify, prevent, or forestall by taking countermeasures in advance: to anticipate a military attack.
    • : to consider or mention before the proper time: to anticipate more difficult questions.
    • : to be before in doing, thinking, achieving, etc.: Many modern inventions were anticipated by Leonardo da Vinci.
    • : Finance. to expend before they are legitimately available for use.to discharge before it is due.
v.无主动词 verb
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    an·tic·i·pat·ed, an·tic·i·pat·ing.

    • : to think, speak, act, or feel an emotional response in advance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbexpect; predict
Forms: anticipated, anticipates, anticipating

Examples

  • The November release will be welcomed not only by Obama readers, but by booksellers and fellow publishers who anticipate that the massive demand for A Promised Land will raise sales for everyone.

  • The Singapore hub itself will start off selling ads programmatically, but Insider anticipates more of these global campaigns with local variants.

  • Regardless of your industry, you should look for ways to anticipate and meet customer needs.

  • The most recent round of surveys in Wisconsin has been highly anticipated, coming after a Republican National Convention that focused heavily on the law-and-order message and in the wake of the Blake shooting and the subsequent protests.

  • In keeping with the event’s “time flies” theme, Apple debuted two new models of smartwatch, as widely anticipated.

  • These insights and discoveries help PepsiCo anticipate, rather than react to, an ever-changing consumer landscape.

  • "We anticipate that when we first start training, we won't have that many [recruits] to begin with," said a defense official.

  • It is not at all hard to anticipate additional forces—Turkmens and others—joining the fray in the future.

  • The officers explained that those Sikhs had been lynched to death and that Singh ought to anticipate the same fate for himself.

  • But the killers clearly failed to anticipate the uproar that would follow.

  • The pulse in Louis's temples beat hard; yet he was determined not to anticipate, but make Wharton explain himself.

  • I did not anticipate a tour of pleasure through Ireland, but the reality is more painful than I anticipated.

  • On the other hand, his feet are so cold from the artery being severed that they anticipate mortification.

  • Never anticipate the point or joke of any anecdote told in your presence.

  • But the event was such as even his sanguine spirit had scarcely ventured to anticipate.