expect vt
1.预料，预期，预计
①expect+名词（短语）
He wasn't expecting a visitor.他没想到会有人来。
We are expecting a rise in food prices this month. 我们预计这个月食物价格会上涨。
②expect (sb/sth) to do
Please don't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.
请不要指望在几个月内学会一门外语。
I didn't expect her to come so early.我没想到她来得这么早。
③except+that从句
Many people were expecting that the meeting would be put off.许多人预料会议将被推迟。
We expect that he will refuse to attend the meeting.我们预计他会拒绝参加会议。
注意：如果宾语从句是否定句，常使用否定转移。
I didn't expect they finished the work on time.我没想到他们按时完成了工作。
④It +be+expected +从句
It is expected that his report will be finished in a week.预计他的报告将在一周内完成。
2.等待，盼望，期待
①expect+名词短语
I'm expecting a call from my mother.我在等我妈妈的电话。
②expect (sb/sth) to do
We were expecting him to arrive this morning.我们一直盼望他今天早上到达。
3.要求，指望
①expect sth (of/from sb)
His parents expect too much of him.他的父母对他期望过高。
②expect (sb) to do sth
They were expected to work on Sundays.他们被要求在星期天工作。
4.猜想，料想，认为
expect+that从句（或与so,not连用）
I expect he is wrong.我想他是错的。
--Will she be late?她会迟到吗?
--I expect so/not.我想会/不会。
5.习语：be expecting a baby/child (informal) 怀孕，怀胎
Mary's expecting a baby in August.玛丽八月要生孩子。
6.expected adj 预料的，预期的 expectant adj 期待的，未来的，预期的
7.expectation n 期待，预期，期望
短语：
come up to/live up to one's expectations 不辜负某人的期望
meet/answer one's expectations满足某人的期望
beyond one's expectations出乎某人的预料地
