expectation

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT Your expectations are your strong hopes or beliefs that something will happen or that you will get something that you want. 期盼[also N in pl]
Their hope, and their expectation, was that she was going to be found safe and that she would be returned to her family. 他們的希望和期盼是她被找到時(shí)安全無恙并被送回她家。
2. N-COUNT A person's expectations are strong beliefs they have about the proper way someone should behave or something should happen. 期望
Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the expectations of the company. 斯蒂芬·蔡斯已決心不辜負(fù)公司的期望。

Contrary to all our expectations, he's found a well-paid job and a nice girlfriend .
The success of our campaign has exceeded our wildest expectations.
The company's results are in line with stock market expectations.
She could never measure up to her mother's expectations.
The concert was brilliant - it lived up to all our expectations.