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1. What can you expect from a hog but a grunt.

[口]狗嘴里吐不出象牙来(用来讲粗野无礼的话的人)。

2. When you pay that much for a meal you expect the best.

一顿饭花那麽多钱是想吃到最好的东西。

3. Impossible. How can you expect us to make a reduction to that extent?

不可能,您怎么能要求我们减价那么多呢?

4. Don't plan on my going with you, for I expect to be busy this weekend.

不要以为我会陪你去,因为本周末我会很忙的。

5. Don't expect much of him; he is at best a student.

不要对他期望过高; 他只不过是个学生。

6. Don't expect me to do impossibilities.

不要希望我做办不到的事。

7. You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a week.

不要指望一个星期就能学会一门外语。

8. Don't expect me to sit here like a good boy while Smith is up there talking his head off.

不要指望我会像个乖孩子地坐在这儿,而史密斯在那里唠叨个没完。

9. Do not expect immaculate conduct from all people.

不要指望每个人的行为都是纯洁的。

10. Never expect to persuade him out of doing that.

不要指望能说服他放弃做那件事。

11. Don't expect it to improve overnight.

不要指望这事一下子就改善了。

12. Dan was a good student at school; we expect him to go places in business.

丹在学校是个好学生; 我们期望他经商成功。

13. How is it possible to expect mankind to take advice when they will not so much as take warning?

人类既然连警告都无意接受,有怎可能期望他们接受劝告?

14. Will he be back tonight? -I expect so [not].

他今晚会回来吗?-我想会回来[不会回来了]。

15. They expect to overfulfil their target.

他们估计可超额完成指标。

16. They can expect an earful on what the slump is doing economically.

他们将因商业不景气对经济所产生的影响而受到严厉的训斥。

17. They expect to gain over a lot of converts.

他们希望争取许多改变信仰的人。

18. They expect a pardon by course of law.

他们希望照法律的惯例得到宽恕。

19. They did not expect the invaders to lay waste to their civilization.

他们没有料到侵略者会破坏他们的文明。

20. He did not expect them to hang on much longer.

他估计他们坚持不了多久了。

21. He seemed to expect to be waited on hand and foot.

他像是想要人尽心尽力伺候他。

22. He could expect a successful and prosperous life.

他可以指望过一种很顺心、优裕的生活。

23. He's very ill but doctors expect him to come through.

他病得很重,但医生预料他能康复。

24. His business rivals knew they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.

他的业务对手都知道不可指望他这样无情的人会手软。

25. His work comes up to what we expect of him.

他的工作符合了我们的期望。

26. He says call in on him any time, but he doesn't expect you to take him at his word.

他说随时可以去看他,可是他不指望你当真。

27. So shall I expect your arrival early next week?

伯恩: 那我就等你下周初到了。

28. We expect to have a supply this Friday.

估计本星期五就会到货。

29. But in both cases you expect to have good ideas.

但在这两种情况下,你都期待着有好的观点。

30. But you couldn't expect the capitalists to change over their machinery.

但是你不可能指望那些资本家会更换他们的机器。

31. You can not expect me to approve of it .

你不能指望我赞成这件事。

32. You cannot expect that she should receive him.

你不能期望她会接待他。

33. You can not expect me to believe that.

你不要指望我会相信它。

34. You expect me to buy that story? Flush it!

你以为我会相信那事吗?见鬼!

35. You can't expect me to fetch and carry for you all day.

你别指望我整天为你打杂。

36. You don't expect me to believe that pitiful excuse, do you?

你并不认为我会相信那个可鄙的借口,是吧?

37. What do you expect the results of the two cups?

你怎样预测两杯的结果?

38. Do you expect me to credit that absurd tale?

你想我会相信那个荒谬绝伦的谎言吗?

39. What do you expect? That's life!

你期待什麽呢? 这就是生活!

40. The standard of your work has fallen from the level we expect from you.

你的工作质量没有达到我们要求的水平。

41. How in the world do you expect me to know him?

你究竟怎么会想到我认识他呢?

42. Would you expect the cholesterol to be elevated?

你考虑胆固醇会升高吗?

43. Surely you don't expect me to take your potty suggestions seriously?

你肯定不会指望我认真考虑你那些荒谬的建议吧?

44. You can scarcely expect to escape reproof for such irresponsible behavior.

你这样不负责任的行为,不能不受到责备。

45. Do you expect me to drink this vile concoction?

你难道想让我喝这种乌七八糟的东西?

46. Don't expect too much of him.

别对他期望过高。

47. Never expect me to pull up my roots and go to other places, I've lived here too long to make a new start in life.

别想指望我离开家乡,我在这儿住的时间很长了,不想再换一种新的生活。

48. Don't expect to luck through without an effort.

别指望不经努力就能侥幸成功。

49. Never expect him to come up with a brilliant idea.

别指望他能够想出好主意。

50. Don't expect him to approve of your design straight away.

别指望他能立即支持/接受你的设计方案。

51. Do not expect me to believe you.

别指望我会相信你。

52. Do not expect to change their attitude!

别指望改变他们的态度!

53. Don't expect that niggard to invite you to dinner.

别指望那个吝啬鬼会请你吃饭。

54. Do not expect to live on your small inheritance.

别指望靠你那一点点遗产生活。

55. He who is hate by all cannot expect to live long.

千夫所指,不久即死。

56. Even if you pay two times the money, you can not expect to possess the building which is now in a dead hand.

即使你出双倍的价钱也不能指望得到那幢建筑,因它现在属于某个社团,不能转让。

57. You would expect that there would be/there to be strong disagreement about this.

可以料到此事会有严重分歧。

58. Animals can be conditioned to expect food at certain times.

可以训练动物定时等待喂食。

59. The piper did not expect this treacherous stroke.

吹风笛的人没有料到这背信弃义的一着。

60. How much do you expect to rake in over the weekend?

周末你准备赚多少?

61. Jeremy's just being blooded, so we don't expect him to be very good at the game.

哲瑞米是初出茅庐,所以我们并不指望他在这次比赛中表现得很好。

62. IBM dropped yet another bombshell on Wall Street yesterday, warning analysts to expect at least an80% slide in second-quarter earnings.

国际商业机器有限公司昨天又在华尔街宣布了一项骇人听闻的消息,警告分析家说他们可以预期第二季度盈利至少下降百分之八十。

63. You have to expect the unexpected in Shanghai.

在上海,你总会有意想不到的收获。

64. In those days we did not expect luxuries; we were thankful if we could keep the wolf from the door.

在那些日子里,我们不敢指望过奢侈的生活,只要能勉强度日就谢天谢地了。

65. Most of the parents expect much of their children.

大多数父母都对自己的子女寄予很大希望。

66. Weather is still worse than what I expect.

天气比我预料的还坏些。

67. She will be here sooner than you expect.

她很快就到,比你预料的要早。

68. She expect to achieve the requisite two-thirds majority for nomination.

她期望得到获得提名所必需的三分之二多数。

69. She believes that she has a fight to be herself and to be different from what others might expect of her.

她相信她有权走自已的路,而不是别人指望她怎么样,她就怎么样。

70. When does she expect her confinement?

她预期何时分娩?

71. If he pays a guinea to that society, the will expect them to grant him considerable privileges; he's throwing a sprat to catch a whale.

如果他捐一畿尼给这个团体,他就指望人家给他大量的特权,他是要求一本万利的。

72. If you can't persuade him to lend us the money, how do you expect me to work the oracle?

如果你尚且不能说服他借钱给我们,又怎能指望我做得到呢?

73. If you do a crime,you must expect to be punished.

如果你犯罪,就得准备受惩罚。

74. Andrea didn't expect to see Steve on the street.

安卓雅没料到会在街上看到史提夫。

75. For an order of this large quantity we expect a wholesale discount off your price-list.

对如此大数量的订购,本公司希望以比价目表内所订价格为低的批发折扣来采购。

76. For my part, if I do not expect to have a girl like Helen I do not think I shall be able to put up with an ugly girl.

就我来说,纵使我不奢望娶一个海伦那样的美女,我想我也不能忍受一个丑姑娘。

77. The industry can't expect the Minister to come and hold its hands every time it runs into trouble.

工业界无法指望每次碰到困难时这位部长都会来帮助他们。

78. Expect price before thursday market firm.

市场稳定,望星期四前报价。

79. Culturally Bradford was not the howling wilderness I had been led to expect.

布拉德福德并不是我想像中的那样,她不是一块文化上的荒原。

80. See you soon, I expect I'll be around.

希望不久能见到你--我就在附近。

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