知识扩展
易混词辨析
anticipate、expecting、predicting、anticipating vs anticipating
1. anticipating:动词 anticipate 的现在分词(如 She is anticipating her birthday 她在期待生日;They are anticipating problems 他们在预料可能出现的问题);
2. 与 expecting(动词 expect 的现在分词 “期待”,如 expecting guests 期待客人)区别:expecting 侧重 “情感上的期待”,anticipating 侧重 “理性上的预料并准备”(expecting a call 期待电话,anticipating a call 预料到电话并准备接听);
3. 与 predicting(动词 predict 的现在分词 “预测”,如 predicting rain 预测下雨)区别:predicting 侧重 “客观预测”,anticipating 侧重 “主观预料并应对”;
4. 固定搭配:anticipating + 名词 / 从句(如 anticipating that it will rain 预料会下雨),不可说 “anticipating to rain”(需接从句或名词)。
词语辨析
anticipate,expect,look for,look forward to
【解说】这组词(组)的共同意思是“期待,等待”。它们的区别是expect指“等待某事发生”,常有一定的根据,发生的可能性较大;anticipate含有“预先体味”的意味;look for是日常用词,也可表示“期待”;look forward to指以欢乐或焦急的心情期待某事发生。例如I expect to see some fine films during the holidays.我期望假期能看上几部好电影。We anticipate that we shall hear from you again我们预感到将会再接到你的信。I think we may look for a better result next time.我想下次结果可能会好一些。I'm looking forward to your visit.我期待着你的来访。anticipate,foreknow,foresee
【解说】
这组词都有“预知”的意思,它们的区别是anticipate指依据事先所曾经历过的体验而预知;foreknow指通过自然的力量或超自然的力量预知;foresee则不表明怎样预知,可通过灵感或想象,也可通过推理。试体会下面三句的意思We anticipated that they would be late.我们预料他们会迟到。Who would foreknow the miseries of man?谁能预知人类的苦难?Things turned out to be exactly as he had foreseen.事情已如他所预见的那样。