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.
中文解释
1、anti- "before" + cip- + -ate.2、literally "taking into possession beforehand". => expect, be aware of (something) coming at a future time.
实用例句
1. What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question.
杰夫预先回答了我的下一个问题。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Do you expect your partner to anticipate your needs?
你是否期望你的伴侣不等你提出就主动满足你的需要？
来自柯林斯例句
3. Anticipate any tough questions and rehearse your answers.
预先考虑可能遇到的各种棘手问题，并且自己练习回答。
来自柯林斯例句
4. We don't anticipate any major problems.
我们预料不会发生什么大问题。
来自《权威词典》
5. Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.
