预料

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Meaning and Usage

The word 预料 (yùliào) means 'to anticipate' or 'to forecast.' It is often used when someone predicts an event or outcome based on available information or experience. It carries a sense of expectation about something that might happen.

Common Contexts

It is frequently used in formal or semi-formal contexts such as business, weather forecasting, or planning. For example, you might hear it in discussions about market trends, project outcomes, or unexpected events.

Collocations and Patterns

  • 预料 (yùliào dào): to anticipate or foresee something.
  • 预料 (nányǐ yùliào): hard to predict.
  • 预料 (yùliào zhī wài): beyond expectation, unexpected.

These collocations help express degrees of certainty or surprise.

Nuances

Using 预料 implies some basis for the forecast, unlike a pure guess. It is more formal than (cāicè, to guess) and less certain than (yùcè, to predict with data). Avoid confusing 预料 with (yùjì), which often relates to numerical estimates or schedules.

Summary

When you use 预料, you are expressing a reasoned expectation about the future, often in contexts where planning or preparation is involved. It is a useful word for discussing anticipated outcomes or surprises in conversations and writing.

Example Sentences

We did not anticipate that this meeting would be so long.

The changes in the market are hard to predict.

He anticipated difficulties, so he prepared in advance.