anticipate

英 [?n't?s?pe?t] 美[?n't?s?'pet]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?anticipates;過去式:?anticipated;過去分詞:?anticipated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?anticipating;形容詞:?anticipatory;

1、anti- "before" + cip- + -ate.
2、literally "taking into possession beforehand". => expect, be aware of (something) coming at a future time.

anticipate 預(yù)期

前綴ante-, 在前。詞根cip, 同cap, 拿，抓，見capture.

anticipate (v.): 1530s, "to cause to happen sooner," a back-formation from anticipation, or else from Latin anticipatus, past participle of anticipare "take (care of) ahead of time," literally "taking into possession beforehand," from ante "before" (see ante) + capere "to take" (see capable).

Later "to be aware of (something) coming at a future time" (1640s). Used in the sense of "expect, look forward to" since 1749, but anticipate has an element of "prepare for, forestall" that should prevent its being used as a synonym for expect. Related: Anticipated; anticipating.

1. What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question.: 杰夫預(yù)先回答了我的下一個(gè)問題。

2. Do you expect your partner to anticipate your needs?: 你是否期望你的伴侶不等你提出就主動(dòng)滿足你的需要？

3. Anticipate any tough questions and rehearse your answers.: 預(yù)先考慮可能遇到的各種棘手問題，并且自己練習(xí)回答。

5. Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.: 盡量預(yù)見你的孩子會(huì)干什么，并預(yù)先阻止問題發(fā)生。