He bought extra food in anticipation of more people coming than he'd invited.

他预料来的客人会比邀请的多，就多买了食物。

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Troops in the Philippines have been put on full alert in anticipation of trouble during a planned general strike.

预期在计划的总罢工期间会有麻烦，在菲律宾的军队已处于完全戒备状态。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Once awake when hearing the tone, the people held their breath in anticipation of a bad smell.

当人们听到这个音调醒来时，他们预期会闻到一股臭味，都屏住了呼吸。

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While the military has not publicly set a date for any major operation in the area, U.N.officials say some 80,000 civilians have fled the region in anticipation of a new offensive.

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And instead of this continual anticipation of writing something great, Milton's able to look back and find closure in something already written.

他并没有继续着写一些伟大的作品，而是追溯了过去，并在已完成的作品中寻找着终结。

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And we see in the poem itself an anticipation of the struggle that results eventually in the eighteenth century in the new title of the mask.

我们看到，诗本身是一个预期的斗争,在18世纪面具的新标题中最终出现了。

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Others insist that children would hop around the table in anticipation of John's great creation.

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That was temporarily lifted in anticipation of the games and was taken as a sign of openness.

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Some have been forced to limit their family sizes in anticipation of crushing tuitions.

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