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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   expect

   • IPA[ikˈspek(t)]

   美式

   • v.
     regard (something) as likely to happen；regard (someone) as likely to do or be something

   • verb: expect, 3rd person present: expects, gerund or present participle: expecting, past tense: expected, past participle: expected

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. regard (something) as likely to happen we expect the best he expects the stock market to sink further 同義詞 anticipate, await, look for, hope for, watch for, ... 更多look forward to, look ahead to, have in prospect, contemplate, bargain for/on, bank on, be prepared for, plan for, predict, forecast, foresee, prophesy, envisage, envision
   • ▪ regard (someone) as likely to do or be something they were not expecting him to continue 同義詞 suppose, presume, think it likely, think, believe, ... 更多imagine, assume, conjecture, surmise, calculate, judge, trust, informalguess, reckon, figure
   • ▪ believe that (someone or something) will arrive soon Celia was expecting a visitor
   • ▪ look for (something) from someone as rightfully due or requisite in the circumstances we expect great things of you 同義詞 require, ask for, call for, look for, wish, ... 更多want, hope for, count on, rely on, insist on, demand
   • ▪ require (someone) to fulfill an obligation we expect employers to pay a reasonable salary
   • ▪ used to indicate that one supposes something to be so, but has no firm evidence or knowledge they're just friends of his, I expect I expect you know them?

   片語

   • be expecting
   • to be expected
   • what do you expect?