anticipate/await/expect.导航词义：等待，期待

1. anticipate:v. 期待，预期.尤指对未来发生的事情（多为好事）抱有期望。

We anticipate reading the novel with great interest.

我们以极大的兴趣期待着阅读这部小说。

We anticipated victory in the war.

我们期盼着战争的胜利。

We must anticipate the difficulties we'll face in our work.

我们必须预料到工作中将面临的困难。

2. await:v. 等待，期待.指一直在等待，多强调有耐心。

She awaits his answer.

她等候他的答复。

His latest album is eagerly awaited.

人们正热切期待着他的最新专辑。

The treaty awaits ratification.

这项条约等待着批准。

They are anxiously awaiting the birth of their first child.

他们急切地等待着他们第一个孩子的降生。

3. expect:v. 预期，期待.指对未来发生的事情有较大的把握，含有期待之意，也指预计某事或某行动的发生。

This is what they expect to happen.

这就是他们预期会发生的事。

She expects her mother to return home any minute now.

她想她妈妈现在随时会回到家。

Rain is expected by the weekend.

预计周末会下雨。

Hi, are you expecting a parcel here?

喂，你是不是在这儿等包裹？

To be frank, we are expecting visitors this evening.

说实话，我们今晚有客人。

全部

1·We anticipate that sales will rise next year.

我们预料明年销售量将会增加。《牛津词典》

2·They anticipate moving to bigger premises by the end of the year.

他们预期年底前迁入较大的经营场址。《牛津词典》

3·Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.

尽量预见你的孩子会干什么，并预先阻止问题发生。《牛津词典》

4·We need someone who can anticipate and respond to changes in the fashion industry.

我们需要一个能预见时装业变化并做相应安排的人。《牛津词典》

5·Even without understanding all that this file does, you can anticipate the next step.

即使不能理解这个文件所做的一切，您也可以预期下一步。

6·People anticipate that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today.

人们期望垂直飞行运输机能像今天的客机那样运载数百万乘客。

7·Unlike the Americans, who felt that the markets knew best, the Europeans failed to anticipate how the markets would react to their endless borrowing.

美国人认为市场是最清楚的，而欧洲人和他们则不同，他们没有预料到市场会对他们无止境的借贷做出何种反应。

8·Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel, so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line.

一部分原因是政府没有预料到航空旅行的急剧增长，因此运输安全管理局现在正急着在线路上找到新的安检人员。

9·I don't anticipate it being a problem.

我认为它不会成为一个问题。《牛津词典》

10·We don't anticipate any major problems.

我们预料不会发生什么大问题。《牛津词典》

预期

1·They anticipate moving to bigger premises by the end of the year.

他们预期年底前迁入较大的经营场址。《牛津词典》

2·Even without understanding all that this file does, you can anticipate the next step.

即使不能理解这个文件所做的一切，您也可以预期下一步。

3·But intervention is itself a sign of failure, a failure to anticipate the moment of crisis.

但是干预本身就是国家失败的标志，是一个可以预期危机的失败。

4·With measurements, managers do not have to wait for problems to arise; instead, they can anticipate and quickly address them.

使用度量，经理不必等待问题的出现；相反，他们能够预期并快速的解决问题。

5·Simply anticipate that your application may need to be localized and avoid the design choices that limit you to a single language.

简单的预期是，应用程序可能需要进行本地化，并避免会将您限制到某一种语言的设计选择。

预料

1·We don't anticipate any major problems.

我们预料不会发生什么大问题。《牛津词典》

2·When she does unlock her lips ever so slightly — when she does unlock her lips, she does so only to anticipate the effect that her speeches would have if she were to unlock them even more.

当她确实如此轻微的开始说话时【笑】，当她张嘴说话时，她只是想要预料，如果她说得更多那么她的演说将会有怎样的影响。

3·Your choice cannot be dependent on the results you anticipate or hope for, because you will not know those results till after the die is cast.

你不能以你预料或期望的结果为基础做选择，因为你只有在一切都已成定局时才能知道结果。

4·To understand the complete process, and to be able to anticipate the tasks and events which might occur throughout the project, read the entire series.

要理解完整的过程，并能够预料在项目开发的过程中可能出现的任务和事件，请阅读整个系列。

5·Humanity's views have expanded greatly, but we did notthoroughly assess and anticipate how complex people can make things.

人类的观念已大为开明，但我们并未全面评估和预料人们可以把事情弄得多复杂。

预见

1·We need someone who can anticipate and respond to changes in the fashion industry.

我们需要一个能预见时装业变化并做相应安排的人。《牛津词典》

2·When we moved data between the user interface and database we discovered that we needed to anticipate the data type.

当我们在用户界面和数据库之间移动数据时，发现我们需要预见数据类型。

3·I managed to anticipate this one taking flight and caught it just as it was leaving the flower.

这样我成功地预见到它的这一个行动以后，在它即将离开花朵时，才拍到了这张照片。

4·The left side of the spectrum in Figure 1 suggests that you can anticipate all the hundreds and thousands of concerns that pop up when you develop software and tries to limit your responses to them.

图 1 中的图谱左侧表示您可以预见在开发软件时出现的所有成百上千个关注点，并且尝试限制您对这些关注点的响应。

5·This is a technical idiomatic pattern relating to testing that I can easily anticipate needing in lots of contexts.

这是与测试相关的一种技术惯用模式，我可在多个上下文中轻松预见该测试的有用性。

预计

1·The exhibition will be a powerful experience that will prompt thought and inform discussion. We anticipate this debate will be the first of many.

该展览将会是一个有震撼力的体验，它将激起大众的思考，为辩论提供基础。我们预计这些辩论将引发更多的讨论。

2·In thenear term, we anticipate significant cost reduction announcements from themajor brokerage houses as more functions and trades are moved online.

在近期内，随着更多功能和交易网络化，我们预计大型中介公司会公布成本的显著降低。

3·Last week, he lamely conceded that he would miss his own deadline but would anticipate the jail shutting in 2010.

上周，他讪讪地承认将无法按照自己设定的最后期限关闭监狱，不过他“预计”在2010年可以做到。

4·So in that case, you can anticipate what's going to happen.

在那种情况下，你可以预计，会发生什么。

5·Architects often have to anticipate gaps in understanding before they can contribute.

架构师经常必须对理解方面的差距进行预计，然后才能有所贡献。

期望

1·People don't behave like robots, and no matter how well we craft an experience, they will not perceive exactly as we anticipate or hope.

人类不是机器人，不管我们如何描绘一个完美的体验，他们都不可能完全感知到我们的期望以及希望。

2·After baseball batters watch baseball pitchers throw curves, they learn to correctly anticipate when baseball pitchers will throw their curves.

在棒球击打者看到棒球投手投掷曲线之后，他们学会恰当地期望棒球投手何时将投掷他们的曲线。

3·This study therefore shows for the first time that there are neural mechanisms which anticipate voluntary memory suppression.

因此这个研究首次表明了期望的自主记忆抑制的脑神经机制。

4·And I've passed 15 exams in CGA, I anticipate I will get the CGA qualification in 2009.

我已经过去了15注册会计师考试，我期望我会的注册会计师资格在2009年。

5·I'm ready for the ride to come to its natural end, but I don't want to anticipate it or celebrate it before it happens or even to talk about it.

我准备好将这次旅行进行到底了，但是在旅程结束之前，我对它既不期望也不想庆祝，甚至不愿意谈及。

预想

1·We sometimes avoid healing our relationships, because we anticipate there will be plenty of time in the future.

有时我们会回避修复人际关系，因为我们预想将来还有的是时间。

2·He would not have been able to anticipate more recent research suggesting that the experience of being unemployed is miserable out of all proportion to its direct effect on income.

他也无法预想到，最近的研究表明，失业的痛苦远甚于其对收入的直接影响。

3·But the previous restorers did not anticipate that the dried salt left on the walls from the fire would migrate to the paintings over the years, creating a white, grainy crust over the work.

然而先前一批修复者们并没有预想到大火后留在墙上的干盐在这些作品的表面形成了一层白色细粒状的保护层，来帮助这些绘画度过多年的岁月。

期盼

1·You can anticipate the same degree of warmth, per latitude, that you experience today.

你可期盼在同样的维度经历和今日一样的温暖。

意料

1·Seem to be extra approximate ego thinks to be approximate of ugg boots location, the affair speed up loses her fancy to anticipate ugg boots control.

似乎越接近自己想接近的那个地方，事情越来越失去她的意料和控制。

2·Absolutely is the idea that comes from me too much to anticipate!

简直是太出乎我的意料了！