an·tic·i·pate
verb/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/
/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they anticipate | /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/ /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/ |
| he / she / it anticipates | /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪts/ /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪts/ |
| past simple anticipated | /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪd/ /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle anticipated | /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪd/ /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form anticipating | /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪŋ/ /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to expect something
料想；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.
据预测，通货膨胀将稳定在 3%。
Extra Examples- The 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 We don't anticipate any major problems.
- 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 We need someone who can anticipate and respond to changes in the fashion industry.
- 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
- …
- We eagerly anticipated the day we would leave school.
- anticipate somebody (doing something) (formal) to do something before it can be done by somebody else
先于…做；早于…行动 - When Scott reached the South Pole he found that Amundsen had anticipated him.
斯科特到达南极时发现阿蒙森已到过那里。
- When Scott reached the South Pole he found that Amundsen had anticipated him.
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’.