expect meaning in English

vt.
1.期待，预期，预料 (sth., that).
2.指望[要求]某人做某事 (to do), 期望某人如何；预期某事(发生、出现等)。
3.(对某人)有…期望[要求] (sth. of sb.) .
4.〔口语〕想，料想，以为。
短语和例子
I expected you yesterday. 我当你昨天会来的。 Don't expect me. 别指望我(来)吧。 I will do what is expected of me. 我当尽我的本分。 I expect (that) he will come. 我想他会来的。 I shall not expect you till I see you. 便中随时请来好了。 expect sb. home at six o'clock 期望某人六点钟回家。 That must be expected. 那是当然的。 I expect to go there. 我想到那里去。 Will he come today - I expect [ don't expect ] so. 他今天会回来吗？ --我想会来[不会来]。
vi.
1.〔废语〕等待；逗留；
2.〔口语〕怀孕。
短语和例子
as one might expect 人们预料得到。 as was expected (＝as might have been expected) 果不其然，不出所料，如预期的那样。 be expecting 〔口语〕(不久)要生孩子了 〔cf. expectant〕。 expect an act of God 〔美俚〕希望生个孩子。