expected
adj. (用作定語)預期要發生的,期待中的
v. 期望( expect的過去式和過去分詞 ); 預料; 要求; 認為(某事)會發生
If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen.
...a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks...
預計自己在接下來的幾周裡會丟掉工作的市政工人
They no longer expect corporate profits to improve...
他們不再期待公司利潤會增長。
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.
I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived...
我正在等幾封重要的信件,可是一封都沒到。
I wasn't expecting a visitor...
我沒想到會有人來訪。
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.
He wasn't expecting our hospitality...
他沒有指望我們會盛情款待。
I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings...
我確實希望晚上能有些屬於自己的時間。
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.
Don't expect an instant cure...
別指望立即治癒。
You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with...
不要指望你會喜歡所有和你共事的人。
If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant.
She was expecting another baby...
她又懷孕了。
I hear Dawn's expecting again.
我聽說唐又懷孕了。
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.
I expect you can guess what follows...
我想你能猜出接下來發生了什麼。
I expect you're tired...
我想你累了。
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.
It tastes artificial, but at that price what can you expect?...
嚐起來像是假的,但是就這個價格你還想指望什麼?
If a guy hunts and owns guns, what do you expect?
如果一個人打獵而且還有自己的槍,你還想指望什麼?
1. considered likely or probable to happen or arrive;
2. looked forward to as probable
3. expected to become or be; in prospect;
The escapee's turnup is expected soon.
預料很快就會出現逃亡者.
As expected, excessive drinking caught up with him.
正如所預料的那樣, 過度地飲酒最終毀了他.
As expected , it rained.
果不其然下了雨.
Splashdown is expected 300 kilometres west of Valparai so.
濺落位置預定在瓦爾帕來索以西300公里.
The vessel is expected under favourable conditions to do the journey in 2 hours.
如果情況順利,這艘船可望在兩小時內駛完全程.