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
vi. 承认;同意;承兑;
vt. 接受;承认;承担;承兑;
💡 ac一再+cept拿→接受;承认
"The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it."
证据是那样的令人折服,他觉得不得不接受。
近义:honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
反义:refuse, reject, snub, spurn, decline, disavow