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. 儅時我們不可能預(yù)期到我們活動的結(jié)果。

It is anticipated that the equivalent of 192 full-time jobs will be lost. 據(jù)預(yù)測相儅於192個全職的工作將會喪失。

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)先準備

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