| 释义 |
Adjective: expected ik'spektud- Considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
"prepared for the expected attack"
Verb: expect ik'spekt- Regard something as probable or likely
"The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
- anticipate - Consider obligatory; request and expect
"I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
- ask, require - Look forward to the probable occurrence of
"We were expecting a visit from our relatives"
- look, await, wait - Consider reasonable or due
"I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" - Look forward to the birth of a child
"She is expecting in March" - Be pregnant with
"They are expecting another child in January"
- have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate
See also: anticipated, awaited, due, expectable, expectancy, expectant, expectation, expectedness, hoped-for, matter-of-course, unsurprising Type of: bear, birth, consider, deliver, demand, evaluate, give birth, have, judge, pass judgment, reckon, regard, see, view Antonym: unexpected Encyclopedia: Expect Expected |