anticipate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it. 預期
At the time we couldn't have anticipated the result of our campaigning. 當時我們不可能預期到我們活動的結(jié)果。
It is anticipated that the equivalent of 192 full-time jobs will be lost. 據(jù)預測相當于192個全職的工作將會喪失。
2. V-T If you anticipate a question, request, or need, you do what is necessary or required before the question, request, or need occurs. 預先準備
What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question. 杰夫所做的是預先準備我的下一個問題。
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anticipate /?n?t?s??pe?t/ (anticipating,anticipated,anticipates)
劍橋詞典
- We've tried to anticipate the most likely problems , but it's impossible to be prepared for every eventuality .
- We don't anticipate any snags with the negotiations .
- We thought the concert in the park would be popular but we didn't anticipate so many people turning up.
- The holiday cost a lot more than we had anticipated.
- Police are anticipating trouble at tonight's game .
anticipate verb [T] (EXPECT)
to imagine or expect that something will happen預期，期望；預料
We don't anticipate any trouble . 我們不希望出現(xiàn)任何問題。
We had one or two difficulties along the way that we didn't anticipate. 在進行的過程中，我們遇到一兩個沒有預料到的難題。
Are you anticipating a lot of people at the party tonight ? 你預計今晚的聚會會有很多人來嗎？
[ 動詞后面接一個動詞ing結(jié)構 ] They anticipate having several applicants for the job . 他們預計會有幾個人來應聘這份工作。
[ 詞或詞組后面接一個that從句 ] They anticipate that they will have several applicants for the job 他們預計會有幾個人來應聘這份工作。
[ 動詞后面接一個疑問詞 ] At this stage we can't really anticipate what will happen . 在這個階段我們真的無法預料會發(fā)生什么。
The anticipated inflation figure is lower than last month's. 預計中的通貨膨脹數(shù)字低于上月。
例句
anticipate verb [T] (TAKE ACTION)
to take action in preparation for something that you think will happen采取行動來防止；先發(fā)制人
It's always best to anticipate a problem before it arises . 防患于未然永遠都是最明智之舉。
The army anticipated (= took action in preparation for) the explosion by evacuating the town . 這支軍隊預料會發(fā)生爆炸，已疏散了鎮(zhèn)上居民。 返回 anticipate