bargain for/on
[phrasal verb] bargain for/on (something)
: to expect or plan on (something)期望；计划；预料到 -
The Internet service is better than what we bargained for. [=better than we expected it to be]互联网服务比我们预期的好。
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No one bargained for the change in weather. = No one bargained on the weather changing.没人预料到天气会变。
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They bargained on getting married after college.他们计划大学毕业后结婚。
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He hadn't bargained on how his new position in the company would change the way people treated him. [=he was surprised by how his new position changed the way people treated him]他没想到自己在公司的新职位竟然会改变人们对待他的方式。
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The job ended up being more than I had bargained for. [=more difficult than I had expected]结果这个工作比我预想的还难。
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I got more than I bargained for when I signed up as a volunteer. [=being a volunteer was harder than I expected]我没想到做一名志愿者还这么难。