首页英语词典expectationexpectation的意思

expectation

英 [ekspek'teɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,ɛkspɛk'teʃən]

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近义词calculation reckoning

n. 期待；预期；指望

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复数: expectations;

中文词源

expectation 期望

来自expect,预期。

英英释意

1. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

2. wishing with confidence of fulfillment

3. the feeling that something is about to happen

4. the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

英文词源

expectation (n.): 1530s, from Middle French expectation (14c.) or directly from Latin expectationem/exspectationem (nominative expectatio/exspectatio) "anticipation, an awaiting," noun of action from past participle stem of expectare/exspectare (see expect). Related: Expectations.

同义词辨析

expectation, hope, outlook, prospect

这些名词都有"期望，指望"之意。

expectation：指期待某事发生或假设某事能发生，多含揣想的意味。

hope：通常指建立在愿望基础上的期待。这种期待有可能发生或实现，但也可能相反。

outlook：多指根据征兆或分析对要发生的事情的愿望或预料。

prospect与outlook的含义相近，但侧重对成功、利润和舒适生活等方面的期待。

考试真题

The fashion for teams is driven by a sense that the old way of organising people is too rigid for both the modern marketplace and the expectations of employees.

Seventy-four percent of the respondents surveyed report a good to excellent expectation of real-estate profitability in 2015.

We validated these expectations in a study in which two other psychologists and I monitored 373 students for two years during the transition to junior high school, when the work gets more difficult and the grading -102- more strict, to determine how their mind-sets might affect their math grades.

That means we need modest, realistic expectations, and we need to teach people to cook food that's good enough to share with family and friends.

Her expectations were high—impossibly so.

According to the firm’s vice-president of Marketing and Sales, We benefited from low expectations.

It ensures that students' expectations are successfully fulfilled.

We judge a potential partner according to our specific cultural expectations about what romantic love should feel like.

Seventy-four percent of the respondents surveyed report a" good to excellent" expectation of real-estate profitability in 2015.

American parents, whether rich or poor, have similar expectations of their children despite different ways of parenting.

But even when employees are given paid time off, workplace norms and expectations that pressure them to overwork often prevent them from taking it.

They fall short of expectations in teaching and research

Governments in developed nations devise and implement policy that changes consumer expectations.

Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common attitudes, expectations and ambitions which risk creating a set of clones among the business leaders of the future.

It will arouse students' unrealistic expectations

How Obama is going to live up to young people's expectations.

An example for parents' expectations of their children.

In college, there are so many good chances for you to meet your expectations.

In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck, by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.

People select news in expectation of a reward.

Second, if other factors such as technology remain constant, economic growth and material expectations will fall well below recent standards and this could invite trouble.

The publication of great expectations, which was both widely reviewed and highly praised, strengthened Dickens, status as a leading novelist.

6 million patients In 2015 on the basis of a vague agreement which took far too little account of the patients' rights and their expectations of privacy.

I found, as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.

实用场景例句

The numbers attending fell short of expectations.: 出席的人数比预期的要少。

The event did not live up to expectations .: 这项比赛有负众望。

Some parents have unrealistic expectations of their children.: 有的父母对孩子的指望不切实际。

Unfortunately the new software has failed to meet expectations .: 遗憾的是新软件并不理想。

The results exceeded our expectations.: 结果比我们希望的还好。

I applied for the post more in hope than expectation.: 我申请这个职位是希望多于期待。

The expectation is that property prices will rise.: 预计地产价格会上涨。

Contrary to expectations , interest rates did not rise.: 出乎意料的是利率并未上升。

Against all expectations , she was enjoying herself.: 完全没想到她过得非常快活。

She went to college with great expectations.: 她满怀希望地进入大学。

There was an air of expectation and great curiosity.: 有着一种期待和好奇的感觉。

We are confident in our expectation of a full recovery.: 我们满怀信心地期待着完全康复。

There was a general expectation that he would win.: 普遍认为他会获胜。

Students' expectations were as varied as their expertise...: 学生们的期望根据他们的专业各有不同。

The car has been General Motors' most visible success story, with sales far exceeding expectations...: 那种车是通用汽车公司有目共睹最成功的车型，销量远远超过预期。

Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the expectations of the Company.: 斯蒂芬·蔡斯决心不辜负公司的期望。

...the expectation that the grieving process should have a time limit on it.: 希望悲痛情绪不要长久持续下去

Contrary to our expectation, the Miami Heat won the game.: 与我们所期待的相反, 迈阿密热火队赢了这场比赛.

A terrible moment of expectation and silence ensued.: 有过一阵惊心动魄的静候辰光.

The product sales is out of our expectation.: 产品的销量好得出乎我们的意料之外.

Do we have to lower our expectation and our standard of living?: 我们是否要降低期望,降低生活水平?

The champion is our common expectation.: 冠军是我们共同的期待.

We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of you.: 我们无时无刻不在盼望你的到来.

The choice of Bernanke , an accomplished scholar, apparently reflected Bush's acceptance of the public's expectation appointee.: 显然,选择Bernanke这位学识渊博的学者表明布什兑现了公众对优秀政府官员的期待.

This paper summarized research actuality and expectation of biotech drugs in China.: 综述了我国医药生物技术药物研究现状和展望.

Expectation of life is the prediction of the average of years that one can live.: 估计寿命是预计一个人能活的平均年数.

We thought Dave would do well, but he has succeeded beyond expectation.: 我们认为戴夫会干得挺好的, 可没想到他竟取得了出乎意料的成功.

The teachers also all spoke to express to the assistant progressive affirmative and future expectation.: 老师们也都发言表达了对助理进步的肯定和未来的期望.

It greatly surpassed my utmost expectation.: 它远远超过了我的最大期望.

The team set off without any expectation of success.: 球队出发的时候没有报任何取胜的希望.

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