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VERB
预期;预料;期待
If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen.
例句
...a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks...
预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人
They no longer expect corporate profits to improve...
他们不再期待公司利润会增长。
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VERB
盼望;期待;等待
If you are expecting something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier.
例句
I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived...
我正在等几封重要的信件，可是一封都没到。
I wasn't expecting a visitor...
我没想到会有人来访。
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VERB
要求；认为应当得到;指望
If you expect something, or expect a person to do something, you believe that it is your right to have that thing, or the person's duty to do it for you.
例句
He wasn't expecting our hospitality...
他没有指望我们会盛情款待。
I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings...
我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。
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VERB
指望;期望
If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will.
例句
Don't expect an instant cure...
别指望立即治愈。
You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with...
不要指望你会喜欢所有和你共事的人。
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VERB
怀孕
If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant.
例句
She was expecting another baby...
她又怀孕了。
I hear Dawn's expecting again.
我听说唐又怀孕了。
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PHRASE
我认为;我猜想
You say 'I expect' to suggest that a statement is probably correct, or a natural consequence of the present situation, although you have no definite knowledge.
例句
I expect you can guess what follows...
我想你能猜出接下来发生了什么。
I expect you're tired...
我想你累了。
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PHRASE
你还想指望什么；那有什么大惊小怪的
You can say 'What can you expect?' or 'What do you expect?' to emphasize that there is nothing surprising about a situation or a person's behaviour, especially if you find this disappointing.
例句
It tastes artificial, but at that price what can you expect?...
尝起来像是假的，但是就这个价格你还想指望什么？
If a guy hunts and owns guns, what do you expect?
如果一个人打猎而且还有自己的枪，你还想指望什么？