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動詞

look forward to (三人称単数 現在形 looks forward to, 現在分詞 looking forward to, 過去形および過去分詞形 looked forward to)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure. To be excited or eager to.

   He was not looking forward to having to repair the downed power lines after the wind storm.

   • 1794 November 19, George Washington, speech, George Washington's Sixth State of the Union Address,

     When we call to mind the gracious indulgence of Heaven by which the American people became a nation; when we survey the general prosperity of our country, and look forward to the riches, power, and happiness to which it seems destined, with the deepest regret do I announce to you that during your recess some of the citizens of the United States have been found capable of insurrection.

   • 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC, page 106:

     I love Elizabeth and look forward to our union with delight.

   • 1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act III]:

     Then a passionate celibacy is all that any of us can look forward to.

   • 1909 May 18, Gilbert Newton Lewis, Richard Chace Tolman, “The Principle of Relativity, and Non-Newtonian Mechanics”, in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 44: 709-726:

     To such verification, however, we may look forward with reasonable confidence, for Einstein has deduced from the principle of relativity, together with the electromagnetic theory, a number of striking consequences which are remarkably self-consistent.

   • 1961 January 17, Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech, Eisenhower's farewell address,

     Now, on Friday noon, I am to become a private citizen. I am proud to do so. I look forward to it.

参考

• roll on (Interjection, 英国用法, informal)