好期待啊!expect的用法和辨析
Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level.
——Eileen Caddy
期待每個需求被滿足,期待每個問題的答案,期待每個層面的富足。
——愛琳‧凱蒂
一、關於expect,你應該知道的用法有
v.
1.預期,預料 [I,T] to think or believe that sth will happen or that sb will do sth
The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end. If not always in the way we expect.
失去的東西到最後總會回來的,儘管有時會出乎我們的意料。
2.期望,期待 [I,T] to be waiting for sb / sth to arrive, as this has been arranged
I expect regular periodical reports from you.
我期待你定期彙報。
3.指望,要求 [T] to demand that sb will do sth because it is their duty or responsibility
The husbandman cannot expect a crop without sowing the seed.
農夫不可指望不耕種就收穫。
4.認爲 [T] used when you think sth is probably true
Come on, you don't expect me to believe that!
得了吧,你不會認爲我相信那個吧!
二、詞義辨析:還有哪些詞彙也能表達“希望”的意思呢?
desire, wish, hope, expect, want, long
這些動詞都有“希望”之意。
desire語氣較正式莊重,着重渴望的力量與熱切,常含有強烈的意圖和目的。
wish語氣較弱,多指難於實現或不可能實現的願望。
hope指對願望實現有一定信心的希望。
expect通常指有很大程度的把握,但仍含有預料之意,或預計某事或某行動的發生。
want一般指所想要的東西是切望得到的東西,能彌補實際需要。
long語氣強,指極殷切地盼望着,這種盼望側重於很難或不可能得到的東西。有時也指一般願望,但含一定感情色彩。
四、學會expect了嗎?來做個填詞遊戲
They are in trouble, but I ____ they will muddle through.
他們正陷於困境,但我希望他們將設法應付過去。