expectation
US
UK expectation n: (anticipation)
SC 期待 qī dài
TC 期待
TC 期待
SC 期望 qī dài ，qī wàng
TC 期望
TC 期望
SC 盼望 qī dài ，pàn wàng
TC 盼望
TC 盼望
After reading that their favourite rock star would be visiting their town, the teenage girls spent the week in a state of expectation.
在读到自己最爱的摇滚明星会到访镇上后，少女们整周都在巴巴地盼望。
expectation n: ([sth] anticipated)
SC 期待 qī dài
TC 期待
TC 期待
SC 盼望 qī dài ，pàn wàng
TC 盼望
TC 盼望
SC 企盼 qī dài ，qǐ pàn
The old couple's expectation of seeing their son was ruined when he phoned to say he couldn't make it.
这对老夫妇本想见见自己的儿子，但儿子打电话来说回不来了，让他们的期盼落了空。
expectation n: (probability)
SC 预期 yù qī
TC 預期
TC 預期
SC 期望 yù qī ，qī wàng
TC 期望
TC 期望
SC 希望 yù qī ，xī wàng
TC 希望
TC 希望
The boss gave Helen the work with the expectation that it would be done well.
老板给海伦分配了工作，希望她能做好。
expectations npl: (prospects: of money or status)
SC 前程 qián chéng
SC 指望 qián chéng，zhǐ wàng
TC 指望
TC 指望
James is poor now, but he has expectations; his rich aunt will almost certainly leave him all her money.
詹姆士现在很穷，但他还是有指望的：他富有的姑姑差不多一定会让他继承她所有的财富。
have no expectations v expr: (approach without bias)
SC 没有先入为主的看法
have no expectation of [sth] v expr: (not count on)
SC 不指望
SC 不期望
have no expectation that v expr: (with clause: not count on [sth])
SC 不指望, 没有期待
I have no expectation that he will be able to answer my question, but I will ask him anyway.
high expectations npl: (strong ambitions for [sth/sb])
SC 高期望值
Cameron's parents have high expectations for his future.
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