anticipate
英 [æn'tɪsɪpeɪt]
美 [æn'tɪsə'pet]
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1、anti- "before" + cip- + -ate.
2、literally "taking into possession beforehand". => expect, be aware of (something) coming at a future time.
anticipate 预期前缀ante-, 在前。词根cip, 同cap, 拿，抓，见capture.
- anticipate (v.)
- 1530s, "to cause to happen sooner," a back-formation from anticipation, or else from Latin anticipatus, past participle of anticipare "take (care of) ahead of time," literally "taking into possession beforehand," from ante "before" (see ante) + capere "to take" (see capable).
Later "to be aware of (something) coming at a future time" (1640s). Used in the sense of "expect, look forward to" since 1749, but anticipate has an element of "prepare for, forestall" that should prevent its being used as a synonym for expect. Related: Anticipated; anticipating.
- 1. What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question.
- 杰夫预先回答了我的下一个问题。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Do you expect your partner to anticipate your needs?
- 你是否期望你的伴侣不等你提出就主动满足你的需要？
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Anticipate any tough questions and rehearse your answers.
- 预先考虑可能遇到的各种棘手问题，并且自己练习回答。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. We don't anticipate any major problems.
- 我们预料不会发生什么大问题。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.
- 尽量预见你的孩子会干什么，并预先阻止问题发生。
来自《权威词典》
