expect
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詞根: spec
vt. 期望;預(yù)料;要求;認(rèn)為(某事)會(huì)發(fā)生;
vi. 預(yù)期;期待;懷胎;懷孕;
?? ex出+pect=spect看→看出去→期待
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我們期望作家們寫出更多更好的作品.
近義:wait, await, previse, bide, hope, contemplate
adj. 想不到的,料不到的;意外的;忽然的;突然的;
?? un 不 + expect期望 + ed“...的” → adj. 想不到的, 意外的, 突然的
"Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city."
市中心有這樣的美景真是出乎意料。
近義:abrupt, nonexpected, quick, sharp, spontaneous, sudden
反義:probable, expectable, expected