expectation / ˌɛk spɛkˈteɪ ʃən /

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expectation 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
  2. the act or state of looking forward or anticipating.
  3. an expectant mental attitude: a high pitch of expectation.
  4. something expected; a thing looked forward to.
  5. Often expectations. a prospect of future good or profit: to have great expectations.
  6. the degree of probability that something will occur: There is little expectation that he will come.
  7. Statistics. mathematical expectation.
  8. the state of being expected: a large sum of money in expectation.

expectation 近义词

n. 名词 noun

belief, anticipation

更多expectation例句

  1. Still, the very presence of paramedics at sites where forced entry warrants are to be used could suggest the expectation that someone will be harmed.
  2. “This removal was about an IG who in my mind was increasingly falling short of expectations,” he added.
  3. She was a student who would drive up performance and expectations and build community.
  4. One reason for that is unlike in 2000, “these companies actually have revenues and earnings, they’re not just trading on fumes or expectations,” CFRA Research’s Sam Stovall tells Fortune.
  5. Few groups in stock market history have been accorded such great expectations.
  6. The loss of this “expectation” game began his decline and ultimate withdrawal from the race.
  7. I had a couple bluntly tell me that they hated it here, with the silent expectation that I would too.
  8. Their expectation was that her petition to have her passport returned might be honored.
  9. Now, there are no cliffhangers, just an expectation from the audience that the blood will flow.
  10. Every day, I drove from my flat in Mayfair to Abbey Road in joyous expectation of what magic I would be participating in that day.
  11. Ollie saw someone standing before it, bending slightly forward in the pose of expectation.
  12. He obeyed without remark, though with an unsteady voice, as he uttered communications he knew were so hostile to her expectation.
  13. Upon such expectation, Allcraft stood—upon such props suffered his aching soul to rest.
  14. I knew this was a city of noble and beautiful structures, but the reality surpasses my expectation.
  15. This expectation of high dividends, I need hardly say, has not been realised, and the Act in this respect has been a dead letter.