预料

• Pinyin: yù liào
• Desglose de hanzi: 预 = 予 + 页 (in advance); 料 = 米 + 斗 (grain + measuring vessel — to measure, reckon, estimate)

Significado

Prever; anticipar; expectativa (basada en información).

Used as both verb (预料到 — to anticipate) and noun (出乎预料 — beyond expectation, 在预料之中 — within expectation). More deliberate and rationally grounded than 预感 (premonition). Less technically formal than 预测 (forecast). Key phrase: 出乎意料/出乎预料 (beyond what was anticipated), one of the most common structures.

Ejemplos

1. 原本被预料为温和调整的会议，最后却意外宣布大幅加息，震动了全球市场。
2. 研究发现，这一代独生子女的实际生育率远低于政策制定者预料的水平，给社保体系带来压力。
3. 在自然科学中，最深刻的突破常来自当时没人预料到的实验异常，而认真对待它们推动了范式转变。

Guía de uso

Contexto: analysis, science, journalism, decision-making

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 政策实施后到第三季度才见效，速度和幅度都低于最初的预料，相关部门只好调整方案。(After the policy was implemented, it did not take effect until the third quarter, and both the speed and scale were below the original expectations, so the relevant departments had to adjust the plan.)
• 研究团队在数据分析中意外发现，这种化合物对另一类炎症病也有明显抑制作用，超出预料，并启动了两项新研究。(During data analysis, the research team unexpectedly found that this compound also has a clear inhibitory effect on another inflammatory disease, beyond expectations, and they launched two new studies.)

Incorrecto

• 出乎预料的是，今天天气很好 — not wrong but 出乎预料 is somewhat heavy for casual weather observations; use 没想到 (didn't expect) or 没料到 for lighter everyday surprises

Origen e historia

预 (in advance) + 料 (to reckon/estimate — 米grain + 斗measuring vessel, to measure grain, hence to calculate/reckon). Together: to calculate/reckon in advance.

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal