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词组 expect
释义 wait for • expect • look forward to • await

- I'm expecting the bus to arrive in the next ten minutes. (Not *waiting*) (i.e. I believe that it will; expecting is a mental process)
- My wife's expecting a baby. (Not *waiting a baby* *waiting for a baby*) (expecting is a physical process here)
- I'm waiting for the next bus. (Not *waiting the next bus* * expecting for*) (= staying here until the bus comes; waiting is a physical state)
- We're (very much) looking forward to your visit. (Not *waiting (for)* * expecting* *we're looking very forward to*) (= expecting with pleasure; we often end e.g. a letter with a polite phrase using look forward to, not *wa
- Outside Parliament, the crowds wait for/await the arrival of the procession. (Not * await for*) (wait for and await - without for - mean the same, but await is very formal)
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