1、expect

預期;預料;期待

a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.

預計自己在接下來的幾周里會丟掉工作的市政工人

They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.

他們不再期待公司利潤會增長。

盼望;期待;等待

I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived.

我正在等幾封重要的信件，可是一封都沒到。

I wasn't expecting a visitor.

我沒想到會有人來訪。

要求；認為應當得到;指望

He wasn't expecting our hospitality.

他沒有指望我們會盛情款待。

I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings.

我確實希望晚上能有些屬于自己的時間。

2、realize

認識到；意識到；了解

As soon as we realised something was wrong, we moved the children away.

我們剛意識到有什么不對勁就把孩子轉移了。

People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been.

人們沒有意識到這次經濟衰退事實上有多嚴重。

（希望、心愿或恐懼）實現，成為現實，發生

Straightaway our worst fears were realised.

我們最恐懼的事情一下發生了。

Those are our hopes; we are starting this clinical trial to investigate whether those hopes will be realised.

那些就是我們的希望；我們正在開展這些臨床試驗以調查那些希望是否可以實現。

實現;實施;實行

Various textile techniques will be explored to realise design possibilities.

將嘗試和探索紡織技巧來把這些設計變為現實。

The kaleidoscopic quality of the book is brilliantly realised on stage.

該書包羅萬象、精彩紛呈的特質在舞臺上得到了精彩再現。