预期

expect, anticipate, expectation, what is expected

verb Rare #16,572
expect, anticipate Often used in the pattern 预期的, meaning “expected.”
CH: 结果比我预期的好。
EN: The result was better than I expected.

他提供的比预期的多。

He provided more than expected.

表面结构转为坚固它预期到攻击,这表示它有智力

Its surface structure hardens in anticipation of an attack, which suggests that it’s intelligent.

— 第五元素 (1997)

比你以前预期的更好

Better than you expected.

— 蝴蝶梦 (1940)

比我预期的少一半

Half as much as I expected.

— 指环王3:王者无敌 (2003)

毕竟,人们看到的都是他们预期会看到的东西,而我现在已经比有些成年女人还高了。

After all, people see what they expect to see, and I’m already taller than some grown women.

我用了比我预期更长的时间来完成作业。

It took me longer than I expected to finish my homework.

但没有预期的多

But not as much as expected.

— 奥本海默 (2023)

结果与我们预期的相反。

The result was the opposite of what we expected.

noun Rare #32,061
expectation, what is expected Often used in the phrase 比预期, meaning “than expected.”
CH: 结果和我们的预期一样。
EN: The result is what we expected.

如果他现在过世,只比预期的早了两个月

If he were to pass away now, it would be only two months earlier than expected.

— 蝙蝠 (2009)

不过,他们从老主顾那里接到的活儿也比预期的多。

However, they also got more work from repeat customers than they expected.

跟我对质的话啊结果与你预期一样吗?

So, now that you've confronted me, is the outcome what you expected?

— 搏击俱乐部 (1999)