Since the lifetime of a planet like ours is several billion years, we can expect that, if other civilisations do survive in our galaxy, their ages will range from zero to several billion years.
由于我们这样的行星的寿命是几十亿年，我们可以预测，如果我们星系中有其他生物生存，它们的年龄将从零到几十亿岁不等。
Just imagine! We have to finish reading 300 pages before Monday! How can the professor expect us to do it in such a short time?
想象一下！我们必须在星期一之前读完300页！教授怎么可以认为我们能在这么短的时间内做完呢？
You can just do your best and don't try to be perfect and don't expect others to be, too.
你只能尽自己最大的努力，不要试图做到完美，也不要期望别人做到完美。
I can cook dinner for you, but don't expect me to do everything for you.
我可以为你做晚饭，但不要指望我为你做所有的事。
Not every country in the world can expect to have such factories; and those that do may well resist the idea of helping rival states.
全世界不是每个国家都能指望拥有这类工厂；而且即便有的国家也很可能会抵制帮助敌对国家的想法。
When people do good deeds solely for money, can we expect volunteers to maintain noble intentions in doing so?
当人们做好事仅仅是为了钱，我们还能够指望志愿者做好事时仍保持着高尚的意图么？
Despite being one of the best prepared nations, three fifths of those surveyed in China expect their family to care for them when they can no longer do so themselves.
尽管中国可能是准备最充分的国家，五分之三的受访者还是希望，当生活无法自理时，让家人来照顾自己。
They're pretty straight forward to do and it gives us an idea what kind of nodal structure we can expect it an orbital.
这个对我们来说很明显，而且让我们对，预计是哪类节点有个概念。
You're going to work with programs with "crappy interfaces" — there are a lot of them around — and Expect can eliminate hours and even days of development time in getting them to do what you need.
您将处理带有“蹩脚界面”的程序—您周围有很多这样的程序—而Expect通过让它们完成您所需的工作，可以减少几小时甚至几天的开发时间。
We can plan, and do what we enjoy, but we can't expect our plans to work out.
我们所能够做的就是制定计划，然后去做我们喜欢去做的事，但有时我们的计划会泡汤。
Do it anonymously whenever you can. Don't expect thanks — what you do and the opportunity you have to be of service is its own reward.
尽可能匿名去做，不要期盼别人的感谢，因为你所做的、你能够为他人服务的机会本身就是它最好的奖励。
Benevolence can never be measured in money. When people do good deeds solely for money, can we expect volunteers to maintain noble intentions in doing so?
善举绝不应该用金钱衡量。当人们做好事仅仅是为了钱，我们还能够指望志愿者做好事时仍保持着高尚的意图么？
We are beginning to get a better grip on what countries expect from WHO, what WHO does well, some things that only WHO can do, and some things that are best left to others.
我们越来越明白国家对世卫组织有哪些期望，世卫组织在哪些方面做得好，有些事情只有世卫组织能够做，而有些事情最好由别人去做。
How can we expect to be respected if we do not respect ourselves, if our media and our literature always depict us by our blackest traits?
如果我们的媒体与文学作品总是把我们最黑暗的特质描绘出来，而我们自己都不尊重自己，那我们又怎么能奢望别人来尊重我们呢？
In other words, administrators want to know what type of improvement they can expect from a memory upgrade before they do it.
换句话说，在升级内存之前，管理员应该知道希望通过升级改善哪方面的性能。
The Fed will do all it can to ensure that the next direction is down. So expect the next round of QE to rival the first in size.
美联储将竭尽全力以确保下一个走向是走低，所以下一轮量化宽松很可能会与第一轮规模相当。
You don’t have to install the gadget at all, but if you do this is what you can expect.
你可以完全不必安装这个工具，不过如果你安装了，它会如你所愿的。
Over time, you can reasonably expect these technologies to mature, and eventually be replaced with better, more efficient, or more robust ones, but for the moment, they will do.
随着时间的推移，您有理由相信这些技术将逐渐成熟并最终为更好、更有效、更健壮的技术所取代，但是，就目前的情况而言，它们可以发挥作用。
And though babies do like consistency, you can expect changes from day to day and as your baby grows.
虽然宝宝的确比较喜欢保持一致的习惯，但是你应该要预料到，随着宝宝每天长大，变化随时发生。
But there are other things you can do to lower your pre-race stress. For example, you can take a look at course map and read reviews about the race so you know what to expect.
但是还有些你可以减轻你赛前压力的事做，例如：你可看一下赛程地图或者了解一些你所期待的关于赛事的评论。
Experts do not expect it will take investigators long to catch up with the couple; the only question is how much they can splurge before they are found.
专家不认为抓获这对夫妇会花很长时间；唯一的问题是，在被捕之前他们能挥霍多少。
"The company could can no longer simply 'export' U.S. brands all over the world and expect them automatically to do well," Khosla adds.
“公司不能再简单地把美国品牌‘出口’到世界各地，并期望他们自动地做好，”霍斯拉补充说，“如果不把当地文化等因素考虑进去，就会在经营中遇到问题。”
The only way you can expect your employees to get better at what they do is to give them constructive, candid and timely feedback.
促使员工优秀的唯一方法就是给他们提出建设性的，公正的，适时的评价。
If we can get these human cells to survive on ice, we should expect organs to do the same.
如果我们能够让人类细胞在冰上生存，那么我们可以期待器官可以达到同样的效果。
I can-and do-expect these things to happen, and therefore I can-and must-plan for them.
我可以——而且确实——预见到这些事情会发生，所以我可以——而且必须——为这些事情做计划。
At present, many teachers and parents expect children to do more work than they can handle.
目前，许多老师与家长期望孩子完成他们不能胜任的工作。
"Definitely do not consider shrugging that off," he says. "We can expect to see higher prices that are going to cause problems around the world."
当然不能忽略这点”，他说。我们可以预见更高的代价即引发全球更多问题。
"Definitely do not consider shrugging that off," he says. "We can expect to see higher prices that are going to cause problems around the world."
当然不能忽略这点”，他说。我们可以预见更高的代价即引发全球更多问题。
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