| 单词 | what do you expect? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat do (also can) you (also I, she, etc.) expect? P2. what do (also can) you (also I, she, etc.) expect? and variants: used rhetorically to suggest that there is nothing unexpected about a person, event, etc., given the circumstances; esp. indicating that an outcome or situation is no better than might have been guessed given the background to it. Frequently with from. ΚΠ 1646 G. Newton Mans Wrath & Gods Praise 13 What might you have expected from those savage creatures?.. Nay, what did you expect, if this poore Towne had been taken by assault? 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiv. 224 What can you expect from officers who boil their 'tators in..the ship's coppers? 1943 A. Rand Fountainhead ii. xii. 376 If our best people, like Mr. Stoddard, refuse to recognize this, what can you expect from..the rabble in general? 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 88 My sex life sucked it really did. Well, what did I expect? 1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) v. 475 If you commit a crime you have to pay the piper, what did she expect? 2004 M. Keyes Other Side of Story (2005) 281 It was particularly painful being attacked by an organ which I respected. If it had been the Torygraph, I could have laughed and said, well what do you expect. < as lemmas |
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