expect
[ɪk'spɛkt]
词频1
词根: spec
vt. 期望;预料;要求;认为(某事)会发生;
vi. 预期;期待;怀胎;怀孕;
💡 ex出+pect=spect看→看出去→期待
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品.
近义:wait, await, previse, bide, hope, contemplate
n. 背,背部;背面,反面;后面,后部;(椅子等的)靠背;
vt. 使后退;支持;加背书于;下赌注于;
vi. 后退;倒退;
adj. 背部的;后面的;以前的;拖欠的;
adv. 以前;向后地;
"Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought."
在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。
近义:second, support, endorse, illustrate, document, backtrack
反义:impel, inch, save, loop, sheer, slew