there weren't as many people at the meeting as we had expected

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there weren't as many people at the meeting as we had expected
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There weren't as many people at the meeting as we had expected.参加会议的人没有我们预想的多.had expected,意为在开会之前预想.这个是过去完成时态的动词形式,had是助动词,它本身没有词义,这个时态表示动作发生...