We expect these practices to cease forthwith. Some people expect instant gratification. You shouldn't expect others to do your work for you. It annoys me that she just expects us to help. Don't expect to be successful right away. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know. expect implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning. If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will. 1.Don't expect it to improve overnight. 不要指望这事一下子就改善了。 dict.yoduao.com 2.Don't expect others to read your mind. 不要期望别人能看出你的心思。 dict.yoduao.com 3.Both leaders seemed to … There's no need to give me the money; I don't expect it of you. We stood there, not knowing what was expected of us. The boy's parents expected too much of him, with the inevitable result that they were ….
