1、expect

预期;预料;期待

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

预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人

They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.

他们不再期待公司利润会增长。

盼望;期待;等待

I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived.

我正在等几封重要的信件，可是一封都没到。

I wasn't expecting a visitor.

我没想到会有人来访。

要求；认为应当得到;指望

He wasn't expecting our hospitality.

他没有指望我们会盛情款待。

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

我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。

2、contrast

差异;差别;悬殊

the contrast between town and country.

城乡差别

The two visitors provided a startling contrast in appearance.

这两位访客的外表截然不同。

相比之下;与…相反

The private sector, by contrast, has plenty of money to spend.

相比之下，私营部门就有很多钱可供开销。

In contrast, the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered.

相反，生活在富裕家庭的女孩子通常都备受呵护。

与…截然不同;与…对比鲜明

His public statements have always been in marked contrast to those of his son.

他和他儿子在公开场合的言论总是截然不同。

That is in stark contrast to the situation during the 1970 oil crisis.

那和1970年石油危机时的情形完全不同。