1·They expected house prices to rise.
他们预期房价会上涨。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The expected sales bonanza hadn't materialized.
预期的销售大涨并未成为现实。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·The economic indicators are better than expected.
经济指标比预期的好。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·To be fair , she behaved better than we expected.
说句公道话,她表现得比我们预期的要好。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·The book isn't, in all honesty, as good as I expected.
说实话,这本书并没有我预期的那么好。
—— 《牛津词典》