ADVERB | VERB + EXPECT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤confidently充滿信心地期待◇She confidently expects to win.她充滿信心地期待着獲勝。➤fully全心期待◇My parents fully expect us to get married.我父母滿心指望我們結婚。➤rightly理所當然地期待◇They rightly expect to be obeyed.他們理所當然地期待別人服從。➤not necessarily不一定期待◇I do not necessarily expect an easy answer to this question.對於這個問題我並不指望一定要有一個簡單的答案。➤not really並非真正期待◇I didn't really expect them to come.我並非真的指望他們會來。➤half有些期待◇I was half expecting to see Jim at the concert.我有些期待能在音樂會上見到吉姆。➤initially, originally起初期待▸➤honestly真的認為◇Did you honestly expect me to believe that?你真的認為我會相信那個嗎?➤seriously認真地指望◇You can't seriously expect me to sympathize with you.你不會是真的指望我同情你吧。VERB + EXPECT➤be fair to, be natural to, be reasonable to, can, can realistically, can reasonably公平地期待;自然地期待;合理地預期;能指望;能實際地指望;能合理地期待◇We can expect to see an improvement in the weather over the next few days.預計未來幾天天氣將轉好。➤be unfair to, be unrealistic to, be unreasonable to, can hardly不公平地預期;不實際地指望;不合理地期待;幾乎不能指望◇It would be unreasonable to expect them to do all that work for free.期待他們不要報酬完成所有那些工作是不合情理的。◇You can hardly expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.不要指望能在幾個月內學會一門外語。➤be foolish to愚蠢地期盼◇It would be foolish to expect this at his age.他都這把年紀了,對此還抱有期待就太愚蠢了。➤be naive天真地期待◇Was she really naive enough to expect that he had changed?她真的那麼天真,居然期待他已經有所改變?➤would, would normally期盼;正常情況下期盼◇I would expect the factory to be working again as normal by next week.我期盼着工廠到下週就能恢復正常運營。➤be entitled to, have a right to有權期待◇You are entitled to expect certain minimum standards of hygiene.你有權期待獲得最低衞生標準。PREPOSITION➤from從⋯那裏期望◇We expect good results from our employees.我們期待員工績效良好。PHRASES➤as expected正如所料◇As expected, they lost the election.不出所料,他們輸掉了選舉。➤(only) to be expected預期 ( 只會 ) 發生◇The wine list is excellent, as is to be expected from such a high-class restaurant.這份葡萄酒單製作精良,和這樣高檔的餐廳相稱。◇This kind of tantrum is to be expected from a two-year-old.一個兩歲的孩子這樣發脾氣是可以預料到的。➤be widely expected被普遍期待◇The economy is widely expected to pick up in the first half of next year.人們普遍期待明年上半年經濟會好轉。➤expect a lot, too much, etc. of sb對某人期待很高、過高等◇I think my parents always expected too much of me.我認為父母總是對我期待過高。➤when you least expect sth在你最沒料到⋯的時候◇An accident can happen anywhere, at any time, just when you least expect it.事故隨時隨地都會發生,就在最意想不到的時候。