anticipate /ænˈtɪsɪˌpeɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( anticipating, anticipated, anticipates )

• 1. 

  V-T If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it. 预期

  例：

  At the time we couldn't have anticipated the result of our campaigning.

  当时我们不可能预期到我们活动的结果。

  例：

  It is anticipated that the equivalent of 192 full-time jobs will be lost.

  据预测相当于192个全职的工作将会丧失。

• 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. 预先准备

  例：

  What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question.

  杰夫所做的是预先准备我的下一个问题。