expecting是什么意思？

expecting

• adj. 怀孕的；
• v. 期望( expect的现在分词 )，预料，要求，认为（某事）会发生；

例句

• I must go. I have committed myself to the club tonight and the members are expecting me. 我得走了, 我已经答应今晚去俱乐部, 会员们正等着我呢。
• He avoided speaking to her, expecting a rebuff. 他料想会受到她的冷遇，于是避免和她说话。
• We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist. 我们正期待一位著名科学家的来访。
• Isabel was expecting their baby in the New Year... 伊莎贝尔年初要生孩子。
• I walked up one road , down another , expecting to stumble on something recognizable. 我东投西奔, 指望撞见认得的东西.
• When her master was departed, Mrs. Deborah stood silent, expecting her cue from Miss Bridget. 主人走后, 德波拉大娘站在那里不吭声, 先听听白丽洁小组的口风.
• He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question. 他微微皱了下眉头，显然并不期待任何人回答他的反问。
• Isabel was expecting their baby in the New Year. 伊莎贝尔年初要生孩子。
• We were expecting him home again any day now. 我们期盼着他某一天再回家。
• "You must be expecting a young man," she teased. “你一定是在等哪位小伙子吧，”她揶揄道。

英语六级真题

I have been expecting it last week.
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  预期;预料;期待
  If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen.
  例句
  ...a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks... 预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人 They no longer expect corporate profits to improve... 他们不再期待公司利润会增长。
• VERB
  盼望;期待;等待
  If you are expecting something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier.
  例句
  I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived... 我正在等几封重要的信件，可是一封都没到。 I wasn't expecting a visitor... 我没想到会有人来访。
• VERB
  要求；认为应当得到;指望
  If you expect something, or expect a person to do something, you believe that it is your right to have that thing, or the person's duty to do it for you.
  例句
  He wasn't expecting our hospitality... 他没有指望我们会盛情款待。 I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings... 我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。
• VERB
  指望;期望
  If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will.
  例句
  Don't expect an instant cure... 别指望立即治愈。 You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with... 不要指望你会喜欢所有和你共事的人。
• VERB
  怀孕
  If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant.
  例句
  She was expecting another baby... 她又怀孕了。 I hear Dawn's expecting again. 我听说唐又怀孕了。
• PHRASE
  我认为;我猜想
  You say 'I expect' to suggest that a statement is probably correct, or a natural consequence of the present situation, although you have no definite knowledge.
  例句
  I expect you can guess what follows... 我想你能猜出接下来发生了什么。 I expect you're tired... 我想你累了。
• PHRASE
  你还想指望什么；那有什么大惊小怪的
  You can say 'What can you expect?' or 'What do you expect?' to emphasize that there is nothing surprising about a situation or a person's behaviour, especially if you find this disappointing.
  例句
  It tastes artificial, but at that price what can you expect?... 尝起来像是假的，但是就这个价格你还想指望什么？ If a guy hunts and owns guns, what do you expect? 如果一个人打猎而且还有自己的枪，你还想指望什么？