anticipate
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they anticipate | |
he / she / it anticipates | |
past simple anticipated | |
past participle anticipated | |
-ing form anticipating |
to expect something 预料;预期 - anticipate something
We don't anticipate any major problems. 我们预料不会出现什么大问题。 Our anticipated arrival time is 8.30. 我们预计抵达的时间是 8:30。 The eagerly anticipated movie will be released next month. 那部观众翘首企盼的电影将于下月上映。 - anticipate doing something
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。 - anticipate something doing something
I don't anticipate it being a problem. 我不认为它会成为一个问题。 - anticipate that…
We anticipate that sales will rise next year. 我们预料明年销售量将会增加。 - it is anticipated that…
It is anticipated that inflation will stabilize at 3 per cent. 预计通货膨胀率将稳定在3%。
Extra ExamplesThe band today announced details of their widely anticipated third album. 乐队今天发布了他们广受期待的第三张专辑的详情。 The dog sat up, anticipating a biscuit. 狗坐了起来,期待着一块饼干。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases- be eagerly anticipated
- be highly anticipated
- be hotly anticipated
- …
- anticipate something
to see what might happen in the future and take action to prepare for it 预见,预计(并做准备) - anticipate something
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出应对的人。 - anticipate what, how, that, etc…
Try and anticipate what the interviewers will ask. 尽量设想面试主持者会提出什么问题。
- anticipate something
- anticipate (doing) something | anticipate (something doing) something
to think with pleasure and excitement about something that is going to happen 期盼;期望 We eagerly anticipated the day we would leave school. 我们迫切地期盼着毕业离校的那一天。 The more I anticipated arriving somewhere, the more disappointed I was. 我越期盼在某方面有所成就,就越失望。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases- be eagerly anticipated
- be highly anticipated
- be hotly anticipated
- …
- anticipate somebody (doing something) (formal)
to do something before it can be done by somebody else synonym forestall先于…做;早于…行动
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the senses ‘to take something into consideration’, ‘mention something before the proper time’): from Latin anticipat- ‘acted in advance’, from anticipare, based on ante- ‘before’ + capere ‘take’.