【问】 I had expected to be near my objective by now，but everything still seemed alien to me.

(New Concept English，Book 3，L. 57)

had expected在这里是什么意思?

【答】 had expected to do表示“原以为……”，含有事实并非如此的意思。上句的意思是：我原以为此时我已接近目的地，但是这里的一切我都觉得很陌生。更详细的情形，请见hadmeant。