expecting
present participle ofexpect
| 单词 | expecting |
| 释义 | expecting present participle ofexpect expect verb uk/ɪkˈspekt/us/ɪkˈspekt/expectverb(THINK)B1[T] tothinkorbelievesomething willhappen, or someone willarrive: We are expecting a lot ofapplicantsfor thejob. [+ (that)]I expect(that)you'llfinditsomewhereinyourbedroom. I expect(that)he'd haveleftanyway. [+ to infinitive]He didn't expecttoseeme. Thefinancialperformanceof thebusinessisfullyexpected(=almostcertain)toimprove. We werehalfexpecting you nottocome back. (only) to be expected normaland what usuallyhappens: Allparentsofsmallchildrengettired. It's to be expected.
Planning, expecting and arranging
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Habitual and customary expectverb(DEMAND)B2[T] tothinkthat someone shouldbehavein aparticularway or do aparticularthing: I expectpunctualityfrommystudents. [+ to infinitive]Borrowers are expectedto(= should)returnbooksontime.
Giving orders & commands
expectverb(BE PREGNANT)be expecting (a baby) B2 to bepregnant: She shouldn't beliftingthoseboxesif she's expecting. Kate and Dom are expecting ababy. Obstetrics: pregnancy
GrammarExpect,hopeorwait? We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns:…Expect We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns:…Hope We use hope when we do not know whether something will happen or not but we want it to happen. We use hope in the following patterns:…Wait We use wait when we refer to letting time pass because we are expecting that something is going to happen. We use wait in the following main patterns:…Expect, hopeorwait: typical errors We don’t use wait or wait for to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect:…Examplesofexpectingexpecting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As in earlier, non-dramatic performances like carnival or festive ritual, the audience came to the theatreexpectinga dialogic relationship with the stage performers. From theCambridge English Corpus There are currently few reasons forexpectingthat it will be easily increased. From theCambridge English Corpus There was no question ofexpectingproducers to cut back. From theCambridge English Corpus A novice readerexpectingto read this section and walk away understanding affine differential geometry and its use in mechanics will be disappointed. From theCambridge English Corpus Girls grew upexpectingto be married off by the age of twelve at the very latest. From theCambridge English Corpus But this is hardly the time to beexpectingthose who are leading a desperate battle against a deadly virus to step back. From theCambridge English Corpus This is exactly the result we wereexpecting. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, a patient may state that she has given up hope for recovery and isexpectingto die within a month. From theCambridge English Corpus Here k is invoked in two contexts, oneexpectingan integer, the otherexpectingan integer list. From theCambridge English Corpus Four per cent were still out-patients and 5 % were stillexpectingfurther surgery for their accident injuries at 3 years. From theCambridge English Corpus Alternatively, while generallyexpectinga decrease of lipid stores due to energy drain upon infection, an increase might also occur. From theCambridge English Corpus This could entail support for positions that appeared inconsistent to someoneexpectinglinearity within a preconceived ideological framework. From theCambridge English Corpus After a meteorite fall, people scour the country,expectingto see something strange. From theCambridge English Corpus The marginalising of group-living is the price paid forexpectinga quality professional service from the least paid and least qualified workforce. From theCambridge English Corpus This is the type that the continuation process isexpectingon that port. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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