Question

什么时候用expect什么

Answer 1

下列情况都可以是：
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THINK STH WILL HAPPEN 认为某事会发生

‘Who are you?’ he murmured, only half expecting (= thinking it was possible, but not likely ) her to answer.
“你是谁？”他低声问道，预计她可能不会回答。
He didn’t get his expected pay rise.
他没有得到他预想的加薪。
expect to do sth
I expect to be back within a week.
我预计一周之内回来。
The company expects to complete work in April.
公司预期在4月完工。
expect sb/sth to do sth
Emergency repairs were expected to take three weeks.
抢修工作预计要花三个星期。
I didn’t expect him to stay so long.
我没有料到他会待那么久。
expect (that)
There’s the doorbell — I expect it’ll be my mother.
有人按门铃，估计是我母亲。
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DEMAND 要求
to demand that someone does something because it is a duty or seems reasonable 要求，期望〔某人做某事〕
expect sth from sb
The officer expects complete obedience from his troops.
这位军官要求部下绝对服从。
expect sb to do sth
I can’t expect her to be on time if I’m late myself.
我要是自己都迟到就无法要求她准时。
expect a lot of sb/expect too much of sb (= think someone can do more than may be possible) 对某人要求很高/过高
The school expects a lot of its students.
这所学校对学生要求很高。
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THINK SB/STH WILL ARRIVE 认为某人会到达/某事会发生
to believe that someone or something is going to arrive 期待，预料
We’re expecting Alison home any minute now.
我们想艾利森现在随时到家。
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THINK 认为
to think that you will find that someone or something has a particular quality or does a particular thing 料想，猜想
I expected her to be taller than me, not shorter.
我曾以为她个子比我高，不会比我矮。
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be expecting (a baby)
if a woman is expecting, she is going to have a baby 怀孕
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what can/do you expect?
used to say that you are not surprised by something unpleasant or disappoint-ing spoken 这有什么奇怪？ 你还能指望什么？ 【口】
He was late, but what do you expect?
他迟到了，可这有什么奇怪呢？
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how do/can you expect …?
used to say that it is unreasonable to think that something will happen or be true spoken 你能指望怎么样？ 【口】
If I can’t help her, how can you expect to?
如果我都帮不了她，你又能指望怎么样呢？
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I expect
used to introduce or agree with a statement that you think is probably true BrE spoken 我觉得，依我看 【英，口】
I expect you’re right.
我觉得你说得对。
‘Do you think they’re going to attack?’ ‘I expect so.’
“你觉得他们会进攻吗？”“我看会。”

Answer 2

如expect sb to do sth