)expect
期待, 预期, 盼望, 指望, <口>(料)想, 认为1. regard something as probable or likely
同义词：anticipate
2. consider obligatory; request and expect
同义词：ask, require
3. look forward to the probable occurrence of
同义词：look, await, wait
4. consider reasonable or due
5. be pregnant with
同义词：have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate
6. look forward to the birth of a child
- 习惯用语
- as one might expect 正如人们所预料的
- as might have been expected (=as was expected) 果然不出所料
- be expecting 怀孕了
- expect sb. to be 期望某人成为...
- expect sth. of sb. 对...的期望[要求]
