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单词 re-expect
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re-expectv.

Brit. /ˌriːᵻkˈspɛkt/, /ˌriːɛkˈspɛkt/, U.S. /ˌriɪkˈspɛk(t)/, /ˌriɛkˈspɛk(t)/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, expect v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + expect v. Compare post-classical Latin reexpectare (Vulgate).
rare.
transitive. To expect (something) again. Also intransitive.
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1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xvi. 946 His house falne [sc. the Medici] from a wonderfull greatnes into much declinacion,..was reduced to respire and reexspect the returne of a good fortune [Fr. attendre le retour de la bonne fortune].
1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vi. 577 According to the Prophecie of Isayas, Hee sendeth, and countermandeth, expecteth, and reexpecteth.
1655 tr. St. Augustine Soliloquia xxv, in Meditations, Soliloquia & Manuall (ed. 2) 340 How long shall it be sayd to mee, where is thy God? How long shall it be sayd to me, Expect, and reexpect.
1764 E. Seymour Compl. Hist. Eng. II. xiii. 499/2 The French,..re-expecting the invasion of Great-Britain, laid up their large ships of war.
1947 E. Crozier Albert Herring in C. Seymour Operas Benjamin Britten (2004) 105 To be re-elected, and re-selected, and re-expected, And resurrected again, and again.

Derivatives

re-exˈpected adj.
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1876 F. Huidekoper Judaism at Rome vi. 137 In place of the term Beliar, that of Antichrist came into use, probably because of anticipated conflict between him and the expected, or re-expected, Christ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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