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Anticipate   [V Anticipating Verb 动词 N D Question

英语单词 anticipate
英美音标 英 [æn'tɪsɪpeɪt] 美 [æn'tɪsɪpeɪt]
中文释义 vt.预期;提前使用;抢 ... 前
vi.预言
英语例句 (1) We anticipate that we will meet a certain amount of resistance to our plan.
(2) I anticipate reading the book with great interest.
(3) It is unwise to anticipate your earnings by spending a lot of money.
(4) They anticipate ours by just one month.
中文例句 (1) 我们预料我们的计划会遇到一些人的反对。
(2) 我以极大的兴趣期待着读这本书。
(3) 大量花钱提前使用自己的收入是不明智的。
(4) 他们比我们抢先了一个月。
vocabulary简明 To anticipate something is to be expecting it. Your dog might be waiting by the door, anticipating his next walk or squirrel chase.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]预期;预料;预计 If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
  [V n]
  [it be V-ed that]
  [V that]
  [Also V]
  • At the time we couldn't have anticipated the result of our campaigning...

    那时我们不可能预料到我们这项运动的结果。

  • It is anticipated that the equivalent of 192 full-time jobs will be lost...

    预计将失去相当于192份全职工作的岗位。

  • Officials anticipate that rivalry between leaders of the various drug factions could erupt into full scale war.

    官员们预计各个毒品团伙头目之间的对抗可能会引发一场全面的冲突。

2
[VERB 动词]未待提出就回答(问题);预先考虑并满足(请求、需要等) If you anticipate a question, request, or need, you do what is necessary or required before the question, request, or need occurs.
  [V n]
  • What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question...

    杰夫预先回答了我的下一个问题。

  • Do you expect your partner to anticipate your needs?

    你是否期望你的伴侣不等你提出就主动满足你的需要?

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[VERB 动词]早于…做(或想、说);先于…行动 If you anticipate something, you do it, think it, or say it before someone else does.
  [V n]
  • In the 50s, Rauschenberg anticipated the conceptual art movement of the 80s.

    上世纪50年代时,劳申伯格就早早地预见到了80年代的概念艺术运动。

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