expect
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詞根: spec
vt. 期望;預料;要求;認為(某事)會發生;
vi. 預期;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. 最差的;最嚴重的;最令人不滿的;最糟的;
n. 最壞的事情;最嚴重的事;
adv. 最壞;最糟;最嚴重;
vt. 勝過,擊敗;
"It was possibly their worst performance ever."
這也許是他們迄今為止最糟糕的表現。
近義:master, overcome, overpower, pip, thrash, vanquish
反義:mint, optimal, optimum, preferable, superior, better
a. 失望的
近義:manque, wistful, choked, unfulfilled, disabused, disenchanted