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单词 anticipate
释义
anticipate
verb[T]
uk
/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/us
/ænˈtɪs.ə.peɪt/

anticipateverb[T](EXPECT)

C1
toimagineorexpectthat something willhappen:
预期，期望；预料
We don't anticipate anytrouble.我们不希望出现任何问题。
We had one or twodifficultiesalong the way that we didn't anticipate.在进行的过程中，我们遇到一两个没有预料到的难题。
Are you anticipating a lot ofpeopleat thepartytonight?你预计今晚的聚会会有很多人来吗？
[+ -ing verb]They anticipate havingseveralapplicantsfor thejob.他们预计会有几个人来应聘这份工作。
[+ that]They anticipatethatthey will have severalapplicantsfor thejob他们预计会有几个人来应聘这份工作。
[+ question word]At thisstagewe can't really anticipatewhat willhappen.在这个阶段我们真的无法预料会发生什么。
The anticipatedinflationfigureislowerthan last month's.预计中的通货膨胀数字低于上月。
More examples
  • We'vetriedto anticipate the mostlikelyproblems, but it'simpossibleto bepreparedfor everyeventuality.
  • We don't anticipate anysnagswith thenegotiations.
  • Wethoughttheconcertin theparkwould bepopularbut we didn't anticipate so manypeopleturningup.
  • Theholidaycosta lot more than we had anticipated.
  • Policeare anticipatingtroubleat tonight'sgame.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Planning, expecting and arranging
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim atsomething
  • bargain
  • I might have knownidiom
  • insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
  • in the pipelineidiom
  • in the worksidiom
  • intend
  • planner
  • provision
  • purposely
  • put the cart before the horseidiom
  • puttheirheads togetheridiom
  • rearrange
  • reckon onsomething
  • settle
  • sleeve
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anticipateverb[T](TAKE ACTION)

C1
to takeactioninpreparationfor something that youthinkwillhappen:
采取行动来防止；先发制人
It's alwaysbestto anticipate aproblembefore itarises.防患于未然永远都是最明智之举。
Thearmyanticipated(= tookactioninpreparationfor)theexplosionbyevacuatingthetown.这支军队预料会发生爆炸，已疏散了镇上居民。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Planning, expecting and arranging
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim atsomething
  • bargain
  • I might have knownidiom
  • insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
  • in the pipelineidiom
  • in the worksidiom
  • intend
  • planner
  • provision
  • purposely
  • put the cart before the horseidiom
  • puttheirheads togetheridiom
  • rearrange
  • reckon onsomething
  • settle
  • sleeve
See more results »
(Definition ofanticipatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

anticipate| American Dictionary

anticipate
verb[T]
us
/ænˈtɪs·əˌpeɪt/
toimagineorexpectthat something willhappen, sometimes takingactioninpreparationfor it:
Nojobcutsare anticipated under the newownership.
[+ (that) clause]I don’t anticipate (that) we’llsolveallourproblemswith onemeeting.
We anticipatecriticismbutplanto goaheadanyway.
[+ question word]At thisstagewe can’t anticipate what willhappen.
(Definition ofanticipatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

anticipate| Business English

anticipate
verb[T]
uk
/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/us
toimagineorexpectthat something willhappen:
anticipate problems/difficultiesIt's alwaysbestto anticipateproblemsbefore theyarise.
The anticipatedinflationfigureislowerthan last month's.
anticipate thatThey anticipate thattheirlawyerswillappealthedecision, though thatprocesscould take at least ninemonths.
(Definition ofanticipatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofanticipate

anticipate
If theyanticipatetheir actual signing to be quick, they can quickly feign signing as well.
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Principally, the participants took longer than anticipated to make their choices.
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Researchers, for instance, can help shape results by anticipating preferred outcomes and subtly providing conditions that favor their development.
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There are very good reasons why we need to be able to see or hear what is really out there, rather than what weanticipate.
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If there is a breakdown in feature checking but no loss of gender on nouns, one wouldanticipateproblems in both directions.
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It is anticipated that heart and lung transplants would be even more restricted to possibly one or at most two centers.
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Still, the couple deemed it wise to do so, possibly anticipating future problems.
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Alternatively, the listener might experience the juxtaposition simply as content in its own right without the need toanticipateor resolve.
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If these chemicals serve as mating aggregation stimuli, then one wouldanticipatea more regular encounter of female flies in trapping surveys.
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While some enemies became friends, as realistsanticipate, why have not some friends become enemies?
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As anticipated above, each public channel is encoded by two ambients, one public and the other private, exactly as in the -calculus translation.
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The proportion of the over 65s has increased rather dramatically, although not as much as was once anticipated.
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That is, we focus on the subset of ministerial restraint equilibria where the ministers, anticipating a reshuffle, decide to contain their spending.
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To the extent that the military regime's behaviour arose from anticipating democracy's impending arrival, an important methodological issue emerges.
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In recent years, neighbouring countries have begun toanticipaterefugee flows and send troops to shore up border security.
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