expecting的中文翻譯是什麼意思

expecting

US/ ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/
UK/ɪk'spektɪŋ/

adj. 懷孕的

v. 期望( expect的現在分詞 ); 預料; 要求; 認為(某事)會發生

expecting柯林斯釋義

VERB預期;預料;期待

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。

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.

  • 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。

VERB要求;認為應當得到;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.

  • 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。

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.

  • 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。

VERB懷孕

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。

PHRASE我認為;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.

  • 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。

PHRASE你還想指望什麼;那有什麼大驚小怪的

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.

  • 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?

expecting場景例句

"You must be expecting a young man," she teased.

“你一定是在等哪位小夥子吧,”她揶揄道。

We were expecting him home again any day now.

我們期盼著他某一天再回家。

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。

Isabel was expecting their baby in the New Year.

伊莎貝爾年初要生孩子。

He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question.

他微微皺了下眉頭,顯然並不期待任何人回答他的反問。

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