Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level.

——Eileen Caddy

期待每個需求被滿足，期待每個問題的答案，期待每個層面的富足。

——愛琳?凱蒂

一、關(guān)于expect，你應(yīng)該知道的用法有

v.

1.預(yù)期，預(yù)料 [I,T]?to think or believe that sth will happen or that sb will do sth

The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end. If not always in the way we expect.

失去的東西到最后總會回來的，盡管有時會出乎我們的意料。

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2.期望，期待 [I,T]?to be waiting for sb / sth to arrive, as this has been arranged

I expect regular periodical reports from you.

我期待你定期匯報。

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3.指望，要求 [T]?to demand that sb will do sth because it is their duty or responsibility

The husbandman cannot expect a crop without sowing the seed.

農(nóng)夫不可指望不耕種就收獲。

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4.認為 [T]?used when you think sth is probably true

Come on, you don't expect me to believe that!

得了吧，你不會認為我相信那個吧！

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二、詞義辨析：還有哪些詞匯也能表達“希望”的意思呢？

desire, wish, hope, expect, want, long

這些動詞都有“希望”之意。

desire語氣較正式莊重，著重渴望的力量與熱切，常含有強烈的意圖和目的。

wish語氣較弱，多指難于實現(xiàn)或不可能實現(xiàn)的愿望。

hope指對愿望實現(xiàn)有一定信心的希望。

expect通常指有很大程度的把握，但仍含有預(yù)料之意，或預(yù)計某事或某行動的發(fā)生。

want一般指所想要的東西是切望得到的東西，能彌補實際需要。

long語氣強，指極殷切地盼望著，這種盼望側(cè)重于很難或不可能得到的東西。有時也指一般愿望，但含一定感情色彩。

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四、學會expect了嗎？來做個填詞游戲

They are in trouble, but I ____ they will muddle through.

他們正陷于困境，但我希望他們將設(shè)法應(yīng)付過去。