expect
v. /ɪkˈspekt/ A2
预料；期望
To think that something will happen because it seems likely.
仙境例句
The Caterpillar spoke so slowly that Alice expected to wait all afternoon for each answer.
毛毛虫说话慢吞吞的，爱丽丝料想每个回答都得等上一下午。
原著这一句
It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected: before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken.
药水确实见效了，而且比她预想的要快得多：还没喝完半瓶，她就发现自己的头顶到了天花板，不得不弯下腰以免把脖子折断。
卡罗尔原著 · 第 4 章