anticipate

UK:  [æn'tɪsɪpeɪt]

US:  [æn'tɪsɪ.peɪt]

第三人称单数：anticipates  现在分词：anticipating  过去式：anticipated  

v.

1.预期,预料,预测;指望,期待

2.预料,料及,始料所及

3.期待,希望

4.预测,预言,预感

5.预行讨论[考虑,处置];预先挪用;预支,预付

6.抢先于,占…之先

7.想,想到,设想

8.先下手;抢先花掉;为…开先河

9.促进,提早,使提前发生

10.猜测,琢磨

1 . Their interest was only in the port and its environs; they did not anticipate the much larger transfer of territory that would follow.
当时他们最大的兴趣只是在港口及其周边地区，并没有预料到以后的大面积购地的情况。

2 . The UK's heavily praised Financial Services Authority was unable to anticipate and prevent the bank run that threatened Northern Rock.
英国饱受赞誉的金融服务局（FinancialServicesAuthority）没能预见并防止威胁北岩银行（NorthernRock）生存的挤兑。

3 . Seize each day. Live each day as if it's your last. Leave the past behind and do not anticipate the future. Be present to enjoy the moment.
把握当下。把每天当作世界末日来过，忘掉过去，把握现在。

4 . Such explorations have motivated me to think about ways in which my code base might be organized to anticipate future growth.
此类研究推动我思考如何组织我的代码库以及使其预期在未来能不断增长。

5 . We anticipate that this study will provide a simple and efficient method as a criterion for measuring process capability of a product.
以提供厂商与顾客一个简单且有效率的评估方法并作为未来合约或判断产品制程优劣的依据。