expect:[ iks'pekt ]
v.预期,盼望,期待
词形变化:
形容词:expectable 副词:expectably 名词:expectedness 动词过去式:expected 过去分词:expected 现在分词:expecting 第三人称单数:expects
例句与用法:
1.The journey was not as nice as we had expected.
旅途不象我们预想的那样好.
2.I will do what is expected of me.
我会尽本分的.
3.I expect I will be back on Sunday.
我预计我会在周日回来的.
动词expect:
1.regard something as probable or likely
同义词:anticipate
2.consider obligatory; request and expect
同义词:ask,require
3.look forward to the probable occurrence of
同义词:look,await,wait
4.consider reasonable or due
5.be pregnant with
同义词:have a bun in the oven,bear,carry,gestate
6.look forward to the birth of a child
but:[ t ]
ad.仅仅,只
conj.但是
prep.除...以外
例句与用法:
1.Do as I tell you,no but about it.
照我说的去做,不得反对.
2.He's still but a child.
他还是个小孩子.
3.There is no one here but me.
除我以外,没人在这.
4.I came home sadder but wiser.
回到家后,我比以前伤感,但也更懂事了.
5.But for the safety-belt I wouldn't be alive today.
若没有安全带,我就不能活到今天.
副词but:
1.and nothing more
同义词:merely,simply,just,only