Expectancy
[ ɪk'spɛktənsi ]
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n. 期待，期望;期望的东西;
💡 词根助记
expect期望+ancy名词后缀→期待，期望
📝 例句
There was an air of expectancy among the waiting crowd.
等待的人群有一种期盼的心情。
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
expectancy
n[U]
state of expecting or hoping 预料; 预计; 期待; 盼望; 指望
a look/feeling of expectancy 期望的神色[心情]
She went to meet him with an air of expectancy, ie as if expecting him to bring sth. 她去见他时带著有所期待的神情. Cf 参看 life expectancy (life).
🔁 扩展释义
n. 期待, 期望的事物, 嘱望, 希望, 期望, 预期【医】 预期【经】 预期数, 预期价值
📖 同为「核心」词汇
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Glad to meet you. What's your name, please?
很高兴认识你。请问你叫什么名字？
But we won't have our big family get-together until Christmas.
但我们要等到圣诞节才会有家庭大团圆。
When we talk about the universe, we mean the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars, and the space between them.
人们谈论宇宙时，是指地球、太阳、月亮、星星以及它们存在的空间。