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ex.pec.ta.tion.ek7spek5teI7F[nn期待;预期Considering the problems he's had there can be little expectation of him winning the race. [U]考虑到他遇到过的问题，几乎无法期望他能在这场比赛中获胜。She was constantly in expectation of being arrested. [U]她总是预计会被逮捕。Now that our two groups have merged we can all have great expectations for the future. [C]现在既然我们两个集团合并了，我们对未来都可以抱有很大的期望。The size of the bequest was beyond all (of) our expectations/beyond (all) expectation (= much greater than expected). [C/U]遗产的数额远远超出了我们的预料。If something is against/contrary to (all) expectation(s) it is very different to what is expected.与预期的相反，意想不到地Contrary to all expectations she was accepted by the academy. [C/U]没有想到她被学院录取了。If something does not come/live up to expectation(s) it is not as good as expected.没有预期的好
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