expect的用法与搭配
(2014-10-24 10:24:06)分类: 动词;语态 |
expect的用法与搭配
1.
我们不能期望一夜之间就取得成功。
误:We should not expect for success overnight.
正:We should not expect success overnight.
2.
I
didn’t expect to find you
here.
若语义需要,其后还可接不定式的复合结构。如:
He
expected her to go with
him.
3.
I
expect a storm.
I
expect that I will be back on
Sunday.
有时可用于不好的方面。如:
He
expects to fail the
exam.
另外,注意expect a baby这一惯用表达,其意为“怀孕”。如:
It’s
public knowledge she’s expecting a
baby.
4.
I
don’t expect that he has done such a
thing.
在口语中有可表示“想”或“揣想”。如:
I
expect you’re tired.
其后可接
你想什么时候离开?
误:Do you expect when you will leave?
误:Do you expect when to leave?
正:When do you expect to leave?
5.
I
had expected to come early, but I missed the early
bus.
We
expected him to arrive
yesterday.
有时在其后接不定式的完成式,如上面第一句也可改成:
I expected to have come early, but I missed the early bus.
6.
It’s
expected that the war would end
soon.
It
is expected that the report will suggest some major
reforms.
7.
He
returned three days earlier than
expected.
The
ascent of the mountain is proceeding as
expected.
8.
His
weakness after the illness is only to be
expected.
It
is only to be expected your son will leave home
eventually.