The party is expecting to gain control of the council in the next election.

该党期待着在下次选举中获得对地方议会的控制权。

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Susan is expecting me for dinner.

苏珊在等我吃晚饭。

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He is expecting the punishment he well deserves.

他预料着他应得的惩罚。

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"I don't think President Obama and the Democrats were expecting to have to spend so much time on health care because it is dragging on.

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I don't believe that. So the question is, what kind of unity was he expecting ? of philosophy and politics?

我绝不相信所以问题是，他期待何种结合发生在,哲学与政治之间？

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Again, you probably didn't come expecting to hear about farming, but farming is where the food starts and we need to understand that world.

同样地,你们可能没听说过农业,农业是食品的起点,我们需要了解这个领域

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But this weekend, it looks like Hollywood is expecting everyone will be shopping, not watching movies.

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