英语词汇

七个表示 “预计”、“预料”、“估计” 的词语

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expect、anticipate、foresee、 foretell、estimate、predict、prophesy、envisage 这

组词都可以表示 “预计”、“预料”、“估计” 的意思。

expect 普通用词，指对未来可能发生的事进行预测、预料。接宾语或宾语补足语时用接动词不定

式。名词是 expectation。

例句：

We are expecting a lot of applicants for the job.

我们预计会有很多人来应聘这份工作。

Political observers expect opposition to the changes.

政治观察人士预计这项改革会遭遇反对。

This is your captain speaking. We expect to be landing at London Heathrow in an hour's

time.

我是机长。我们预计一小时后在伦敦希思罗机场降落。

You didn't really expect the dean to respond personally to your letter, did you?

你没有料到院长会给你亲自回信，对吧?

We'd better hurry up; I expect Martin to be waiting anxiously for us at the airport.

我们最好赶快，我预计马丁在机场正焦急地等待着我们。

The company's results are in line with stock market expectations.

该公司的业绩与股市预期一致。

The success of our campaign has exceeded our wildest expectations.

我们活动的成功超出了我们最大胆的预期。

anticipate 较 expect 正式， 常可与 expect 换用，要注意的是，anticipate 后接动名词 –ing 作

宾语。

例句：

We didn’t expect/anticipate that the program would be opposed by the majority of

the committee members.

我们没有预料到这项计划将会被大多数委员会委员反对。

The problem is far more complicated than we originally expected/anticipated.

这个问题远比我们原先预计的要复杂得多。

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we lest expected generally happens.

我们所预料的事很少发生，最预料不到的事却往往出现。

We didn't anticipate meeting any opposition to the proposal we set forth at the meeting.

我们没有料到我们在会上提出的建议会遭到反对。

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anticipate 可表示前瞻性的预计和预料，相当于 foresee 或 foretell 的意思。

例句：

A good manufacturer must try to anticipate/foresee what his customers will want and

decide what shall be produced.

一位优秀的制造商必须试图预料顾客需要什么，然后决定生产什么。

A good speaker is able to anticipate an audience's needs and concerns

一个好的演讲者能够预测听众的需求和关注点。

It is far better for us to anticipate the worst and get out of it before it hinders the

progress.

最好能事先预料到最坏的情况并在它阻碍进程之前。

foresee 或 foretell 指凭自己的经验事先预测将要发生的事，但不肯定预言是否正确。

例句：

No one can foresee/foretell what will happen in the future.

没人能够预见将来会发生什么事。

Some observers foresaw/foretold that a new coup would take place in that country.

一些观察家预测在那个国家将会发生一场新的政变。

It is difficult to foresee the consequences that may arise from this action.

很难预料这一行动可能产生的后果。

Those who can foresee difficulties on their way to success may keep calm when they

really appear.

那些能预见到成功道路上困难的人，在困难真正出现时可以保持冷静。

Willow trees breaking out into buds foretell the coming of spring.

柳树抽芽预示著春天的到来。

Astronomers can accurately foretell the date, time, and length of future eclipses.

天文学家可以准确地预测未来月食的日期、时间和持久长度。

estimate 通常用于对数据的预测，也可用在作名词。

例句：

We estimate the cost to be four thousand dollars.

我们估计费用为四千美元。

It was difficult to estimate how many trees had been destroyed.

很难估计有多少树被毁。

Red Cross officials estimate that 20 000 refugees streamed into the city last week.

红十字会官员估计上周有两万名难民涌入这座城市。

We estimate the potential market for the new phones to be around one million

people in this country alone.

我们估计，仅在这个国家，这款新手机的潜在市场就有大约100万人。

At a conservative estimate, the project will cost about 2 million pounds.

据保守估计，这项工程将花费200万英镑左右。

According to your estimate, what is the maximum annual turnover you could fulfill?

据你估计，你能完成的最大年销售量是多少呢？

predict 指凭借一定的知识技能或客观事实进行的预测或预料，名词为 prediction。

You can never predict what would happen next.

你永远无法预测接下来会发生什么。

It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.

准确预测地震的发生仍然是不可能的。

Some observers predicted that there will be a significant improvement in the

economy of the country.

一些观察家预测其国家的经济将有明显地改善。

It is predicted that within the next 60 million years East Africa will have broken

away from the rest of the African continent.

据预测，在六千万年后东非将与其馀的非洲大陆部分脱离开来。

We must make an accurate prediction of the demand on the products in the

domestic market.

我们必须准确地预测国内市场对该产品的需求。

The figures are imprecise because they're based on a prediction of next year's sales.

这些数字并不精确，因为它们是基于对明年销售的预测。

envisage 预计、预测对未来可能发生的事。

Train fare increases of 15 percent are envisaged for the next year.

预计明年火车票价将会上涨15%。

It's envisaged that building will start at the end of this year.

预计大楼将在今年年底动工。

When do you envisage finishing the project?

你预计工程什么时候竣工？

The board envisages that the new product will yield a high profit.

董事会预期新产品将会产生高额利润。

prophesy 用于预言未来可能发生的事，预言者有较大的权威性或智慧，眼光敏锐，预言较为可

靠。名词 prophet 意思 “预言”、“预言者”。

例句：

Many economic experts prophesy/predicted an upturn in the stock market.

许多经济学家们预言股票市场情况将好转。

Her ability to prophesy about the future made many people think she was a witch.

她预言未来的能力使许多人认为她是一个女巫。

Just as Rasputin prophesied, his murder was swiftly followed by that of the royal family.

正如拉斯普丁所预言，他被谋杀之后没多久，皇室家庭也被杀了。

I wouldn't like to prophesy what will happen to that marriage!

我不愿意预言那桩婚姻将来会怎么样！

They prophesied that the conservative would win the general election, and so it did.

他们预言保守党将在大选中获胜，结果保守党果然赢了。

I would not dare to prophesy who will win the election.

我不敢预言谁会在选举中获胜。