想到好事就先高興起來
同樣是提早到達，只是提早的是心情：好事還沒發生，那份興奮已經先來了。這一支通常用在正面的事情上。
look forward to · verb · B2
to think about something good that is coming, and feel excited about it.
期待
核心畫面
Picture reaching the thing before it arrives: you see what is coming, and you have already moved — the umbrella is packed, the answer is ready, the feeling has already started. Anticipate is always about being ahead of the moment.
可以想成：東西還沒到，你已經先到那裡了——看見接下來會發生什麼，於是傘先收進包裡、答案先想好、心情也已經先動起來。a…更多收起
可以想成：東西還沒到，你已經先到那裡了——看見接下來會發生什麼，於是傘先收進包裡、答案先想好、心情也已經先動起來。anticipate 講的一直是「比那一刻早一步」。From the picture
搶在別人或時間之前
把「早一步」用在順序上：不是預測，而是真的先做了、先出現了，於是站在對方或原本的時間點前面。
act ahead of time · verb · C1
to do or say something before someone else does it, or before the usual time.
搶先做；先一步出現
Also in this word
expect and prepare · verb · B2
to think that something will happen, and get ready for it before it does.
預料；預先想到
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
anticipateverb/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/
- 1
To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
- c. 1824 (written, published in 1891) Robert Hall, Fragment on Popery When two parties, each formidable for their numbers, and the weight of their influence and property, are animated by an equal degree of zeal, it is natural to anticipate the final success of that which possesses the most inherent strength.
- He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
- 2
To take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
- The advocate plans to anticipate a part of her argument.
- 3
To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
- to anticipate the pleasures of a visit
- to anticipate the evils of life
- 4
To eagerly wait for (something)
- Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。