anticipate

1. V-T If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it. 預(yù)期

At the time we couldn't have anticipated the result of our campaigning. 當(dāng)時(shí)我們不可能預(yù)期到我們活動(dòng)的結(jié)果。

It is anticipated that the equivalent of 192 full-time jobs will be lost. 據(jù)預(yù)測(cè)相當(dāng)于192個(gè)全職的工作將會(huì)喪失。

2. V-T If you anticipate a question, request, or need, you do what is necessary or required before the question, request, or need occurs. 預(yù)先準(zhǔn)備

What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question. 杰夫所做的是預(yù)先準(zhǔn)備我的下一個(gè)問題。