英音[æn'tisipeit];美音[æn'tisə,pet]
To feel or realize beforehand, to look forward to
v.预料,期望;预先考虑;提前使用
同义expect, await反义disappoint名词anticipation
解析:anticipate来源于拉丁文anti-(之前)+-cip-(抓)+-ate(后缀),其字面意思为在发生之前就已知道,自然就是“预料到了”“预先有考虑”的。
●expect, await与anticipate都含有“期待未来某事”之意。
expect是期待某人或某事很可能发生或出现。例如:At last they got the invitation they had been expecting.(最后他们收到了期待已久的邀请。)
await意思是满怀期望地等待。例如:I am awaiting their coming.(我正在等待他们的到来。)
anticipate不仅指期望,有时还指提前采取行动,来阻止预料中某事的发生或在别人说出愿望或要求之前就满足他,其后只接动名词,不可接动词不定式。例如:We anticipate hearing from you again.(我们期待再次收到你们的来信。)A good general always tries to anticipate the enemy’s movements.(优秀的将军总是尽量预知敌军的行动。)