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、submerge

(使)浸没;(使)淹没;(使)潜入水中;(使)没入水中

Hippos are unable to submerge in the few remaining water holes.

在仅剩的几个水坑里，河马根本无法没入水中。

The river burst its banks, submerging an entire village.

河水决堤，淹没了整个村庄。

沉浸;陷入;埋头于

He submerges himself in the world of his imagination.

他沉浸在自己想象的世界中。