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expected

/ik-spekt/US // ɪkˈspɛkt //UK // (ɪkˈspɛkt) //

预期,预计,预期的,预计的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
    • : to look for with reason or justification: We expect obedience.
    • : Informal. to suppose or surmise; guess: I expect that you are tired from the trip.
    • : to anticipate the birth of: Paul and Sylvia expect their second very soon.

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Examples

  • This year's free agency class is light on superstar names after Anthony Davis, who is expected to re-sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, but a number of high-profile players are reportedly interested in being traded.

  • His recovery is on track, and he is expected to start throwing in December.

  • If there is no reconciliation, this free agency and trade period could be wilder than expected.

  • If the NHL does start in early January, it is expected that players from the AHL would be available for teams during that gap period, if needed.

  • Runners will be expected to cover their faces at the start of the race and whenever they’re grouped with other runners on the course.

  • Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.

  • He is expected to spend the next few days closeted with lawyers and advisers at his home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.

  • In all fairness to Jay, he told The Intercept that he never expected to be a major figure in Serial.

  • Frankly, I don't think even Michael Patrick King, Lisa Kudrow, and the show's biggest fans expected it to be this good.

  • He expected European capitalism to evolve spontaneously into a market socialism of worker-owned cooperatives.

  • Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."

  • It is only just to say, that the officers exhibited a degree of courage far beyond any thing we had expected from them.

  • Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.

  • Instead of the expected general amnesty, only a few special pardons were granted.

  • All night long they expected to hear the roar of the pursuing guns, to find the sabers of the Dragoons flashing over their heads.