当公务员办事拖拉时，你可能期望政治家们能够把事情顺利解决。

You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.

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他肯定正在期待着，但鉴于6月的情况，他可能期望得过多过早。

He must be hoping, but considering the situation in June he may be hoping for too much too soon.

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了解农民可能期望获得怎样的产量以及确定植物的安全性也将是必要的。

It will also be necessary to understand what sort of yield farmers might expect and to establish the plant's safety.

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I think after hearing the Lady end her speech at line 779 that the audience could reasonably expect that the Lady would someday get married.

我觉得在听完779行女士结束她的演说后9,观众可能自然会期望,女士某一天可以结婚。

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We have this suspense, as I say, between expectation, the possibility of violation, and simply not knowing.

我们有这么一个悬念，正如我所说的，在期望和期望被违背的可能性之间，而且我们完全不知道。

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