| 单词 | expectation |
| 释义 | expectation (once / 194 pages) 1n 2n An expectation is a belief about what might happen in the future, like your expectation to stay close with your best friends your whole life. The word expectation comes from the Latin word expectationem, meaning "an awaiting." If you have great expectations, you think something good will come your way, but if keep your expectations low, you won't risk being disappointed. Expectation can also describe something that is supposed to happen, like a teacher whose expectation is that everyone comes to class prepared. WORD FAMILYexpectation: expectations+/expect: expectable, expectant, expectation, expected, expecting, expects/expectable: expectably/expectancy: expectancies/expectant: expectancy, expectantly/expected: expectedly, expectedness, unexpected/unexpected: unexpecteder, unexpectedly, unexpectedness USAGE EXAMPLES“This is a great place to work,” Elway said, “but the expectations are high.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But investors are also right to curb their expectations. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) As a child, I thought all this was possible, and when I started studying it, I reined in my expectations. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n belief about (or mental picture of) the future Syn|Hypo|Hyper outlook, prospect hope, promise grounds for feeling hopeful about the future foretastean early limited awareness of something yet to occur possibilitya future prospect or potential anticipation, expectancysomething expected (as on the basis of a norm) apprehension, misgivingpainful expectation rainbowan illusory hope life expectancyan expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities belief any cognitive content held as true 2n the feeling that something is about to happen Hypo|Hyper anticipation, expectancy an expectation suspenseexcited anticipation of an approaching climax feverintense nervous anticipation hopea specific instance of feeling hopeful feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states 3n anticipating with confidence of fulfillment 2Syn|Hyper anticipation hopefulness full of hope n the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values Syn|Hyper arithmetic mean, expected value, first moment mean, mean value an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
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