266. Still, when Lenore Skenazy, a columnist for The New York Sun, wrote about letting her son take the subway alone to get back to her Manhattan home from a department store on the Upper East Side, she didn't expect to get hit with a wave of criticism from readers.

译文　然而，当《纽约太阳报》的专栏作家莉诺·斯肯纳兹在文章中写道，她让自己的儿子独自一人从上东区的百货商店乘地铁回到曼哈顿的家，她并没有料到这在读者中会引起一阵批评浪潮。

点睛　本句的主干是...she didn't expect to get hit with...。理解该句关键是要理清when引导的时间状语从句的结构，其中，a columnist for The New York Sun作插入语，对Lenore Skenazy进行补充说明；letting her son take...to her Manhattan home为wrote about的宾语；from a department store on the Upper East Side则为地点状语。

expect to意为“预料，希望”。如：

We expect to overfulfil our target. 我们估计可以超额完成目标。

get hit with在此意为“招致，遭到……的打击”。如：

We just got hit with a sudden storm! 我们刚遇上了一场骤雨！

考点归纳　expect的常见用法如下：

表示“期待，期望”，通常用作及物动词，后接名词、不定式或不定式的复合结构，但不能接动名词。如：

1) Ross is expecting an apology call from Amy. 罗斯在等埃米的道歉电话。

2) I expect to finish the work by Thursday. 我期望能在星期四前完成此工作。

3) Do you expect someone to go with you? 你期望有人同你一起去吗？

expect还可以表示“预计，预料”，有时用于不好的方面。如：

1) I expect to be back on Sunday./I expect that I will be back on Sunday. 我预计星期日回来。

2) Emma expects to fail the job interview. 埃玛预料自己面试不会通过。

后接that从句时，如果从句的谓语为否定形式，通常要将否定形式移到expect前面。如：

I didn't expect that you answered my letter so soon. 我料想你不会这么快就回我的信。

在口语中可表示“想，猜想”。如：

1) You don't want to go? I expect you're tired. 你不想去？我想你是累了吧。

2) —Is Sarah Brightman going to give any performance at the evening party? 莎拉·布莱曼要在晚会上表演节目吧？

—I expect so. 我想是吧。

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