新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

expectation

英  [ˌekspekˈteɪʃən]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • expectations

    1[U 不可数名词] 期盼

    Your expectations are your strong hopes or beliefs that something will happen or that you will get something that you want.

    双语例句

    例:

    Their hope, and their expectation, was that she was going to be found safe and that she would be returned to her family.

    他们的希望和期盼是她被找到时安全无恙并被送回家。

    2[C 可数名词] 期望

    A person's expectations are strong beliefs they have about the proper way someone should behave or something should happen.

    双语例句

    例:

    Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the expectations of the company.

    斯蒂芬·蔡斯已决心不辜负公司的期望。

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