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)安全無恙竝被送廻她家。
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。
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expectation /??ksp?k?te???n/ (expectations)
劍橋詞典
- B2 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 通常作爲(wèi)複數(shù)使用的名詞 ]
- 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.
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the feeling that good things are going to happen in the future
期盼；盼望；希望
The holiday lived up to all our expectations (= was as good as we were expecting ). 假期過得一點(diǎn)也沒有讓我們失望。
I have high expectations for this job (= I believe it will be good). 我對(duì)這份工作的期望值很高。
We did so well - beyond all (= better than) our expectations. 我們做得非常好——遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過了我們的預(yù)期。
I think she had unrealistic expectations of motherhood . 我覺得她對(duì)做媽媽的憧憬有些不切實(shí)際。
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
the feeling of expecting something to happen
預(yù)料，預(yù)期；期待
Considering the injuries he's had there can be little expectation of him winning the race . 考慮到他的傷病，他贏得這場(chǎng)比賽的希望不大。
Our expectations are that the UK will cut its interest rate . 我們預(yù)計(jì)英國(guó)會(huì)降低利率。
?against/contrary to all expectations
different from what is expected
出乎所有人的預(yù)料；意想不到的是
Contrary to all expectations, she was accepted by the academy . 意想不到的是，她竟然被學(xué)院錄取了。
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