| 单词 | anticipate |
| 释义 | anticipate (once / 164 pages) v To anticipate something is to be expecting it. Your dog might be waiting by the door, anticipating his next walk or squirrel chase. "Anticipating something" also often implies that you are preparing to take some action because of your expectations — like when you anticipate your chess opponent's next move and plan a counterattack. The word anticipate can also mean "to come beforehand" — as in a certain musical trend anticipating another. WORD FAMILYanticipate: anticipated, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, anticipative, anticipator, anticipatory+/anticipated: unanticipated/anticipation: anticipations/anticipative: anticipatively/anticipator: anticipators/anticipatory: anticipatorily USAGE EXAMPLESBowles would not comment on his coaching staff, although changes are anticipated there as well. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) What we did not anticipate was the reaction of other countries and the complexity of history. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Fans in Denver, anticipating his departure, chanted “Kooooobes” with less than a minute left in the game. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v regard something as probable or likely Syn|Hypo|Hyper expect await, expect, look, wait look forward to the probable occurrence of guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think expect, believe, or suppose assume, presume, take for grantedtake to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorizeto believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds believe, trustbe confident about something construct, reconstruct, retracereassemble mentally presuppose, supposetake for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand suspecthold in suspicion; believe to be guilty develop, explicate, formulateelaborate, as of theories and hypotheses evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 2v be excited or anxious about Syn|Hypo|Hyper look for, look to apprehend, quail at anticipate with dread or anxiety await, expect, look, wait look forward to the probable occurrence of 3v realize beforehand Syn|Hyper foreknow, foresee, previse know be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt 4v act in advance of; deal with ahead of time Syn|Hyper counter, foresee, forestall act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 5v make a prediction about; tell in advance Syn|Hypo|Hyper call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise read interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior outguess, second-guessattempt to anticipate or predict augurpredict from an omen bet, wagermaintain with or as if with a bet calculate, forecastpredict in advance prophesy, vaticinatepredict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration scrydivine by gazing into crystals vaticinateforetell through or as if through the power of prophecy enlighten, irradiategive spiritual insight to; in religion guess, hazard, pretend, venture put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 6v be a forerunner of or occur earlier than This composition anticipates Impressionism Hyper come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place come to pass |
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