expectation 的英语意思
expectationexpectation /ˌekspekˈteɪʃən/ noun 
查看全部语言翻译1[countable, uncountable] what you think or hope will happen你认为或希望将要发生的事expectation that
For some time he lived with the expectation that he was going to die.有一段时间，他在即将死去的预感中度日。in (the) expectation of something Anne left Germany in the expectation of seeing her family again before very long.安妮离开德国时，期望不久后能再次见到家人。against/contrary to (all) expectations Against all expectations, getting up at five is actually easier in winter.出乎所有人的意料，冬天五点起床其实更容易。 Having raised expectations (=made people more hopeful), he went on to help only a few people.他提高了人们的期望（=使人们更加充满希望），却只帮助了少数几个人。above/below expectations Profits are below expectations.利润低于预期。beyond (somebody’s) expectations Gina has succeeded beyond our expectations.吉娜的成就超出了我们的预期。 The show exceeded all expectations (=was much better than expected).那场演出超出了所有人的预期（=比预期好得多）。come/live up to (somebody’s) expectations His performance did not live up to our expectations (=was not as good as we expected).他的表现没有达到我们的预期（=不如我们所期望的那样好）。 The number of people who attended fell short of expectations (=was lower than expected).出席人数未达预期（=低于预期）。2[countable usually plural] a feeling or belief about the way something should be or how someone should behave对事物应有状态或某人应有行为方式的感觉或信念expectation of Women who have high expectations of marriage are often disappointed.对婚姻期望很高的女性往往会感到失望。 Some people have totally unrealistic expectations of both medical and nursing staff.有些人对医生和护理人员的期望完全不切实际。3expectation of life the number of years that someone is likely to live某人预计存活的年数 SYN life expectancyCOLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meanings 1 & 2– 释义 1 和 2adjectives形容词high (=expecting that someone or something will be successful)· Like most parents, we have high expectations for our children.像大多数父母一样，我们对孩子抱有很高的期望。low (=expecting that someone or something will not be very successful)· Their expectations of success were pretty low.他们对成功的期望相当低。great expectations (=very high)· Emigrants sailed to America with great expectations.移民们满怀殷切期望乘船前往美国。reasonable expectations (=the expectation that something will probably be successful, but may not be)· It is a difficult operation, but we have reasonable expectations of success.这是一次困难的手术，但我们对成功有合理的期望。realistic expectations (=the expectation that bad things can happen as well as good things)· The disease is not curable, and patients must have realistic expectations.这种病无法治愈，患者必须抱有切实的期望。unreasonable/unrealistic expectations (=expectations that are too high)· I think you had unrealistic expectations of what could be achieved in the time.我认为你对在这段时间内能实现的目标抱有不切实际的期望。legitimate expectations law法律 (=expectations based on someone's legal rights)· The men have legitimate expectations of a fair hearing.这些男性理应期待获得公正的听证。growing/rising/increased expectations (=becoming higher)· China's economy will grow considerably over the next five years, bringing rising expectations of wealth.未来五年，中国经济将大幅增长，带动人们对财富的期望不断上升。general/popular/widespread expectations (=shared by a lot of people)· The general expectation was for married couples to have children.社会的普遍期望是已婚夫妇会生育子女。family/parental expectations (=expectations that families or parents have for their children)· Parental expectations for a first child tend to be quite high.父母对头胎子女的期望往往相当高。social expectations (=relating to what society thinks or expects)· Social expectations of masculine and feminine behaviour changed drastically during the 1960s and '70s.20世纪60至70年代，社会对男性和女性行为的期望发生了剧烈变化。career expectations (=someone's expectations about how well they will do in their job)· People with low self-esteem usually have low career expectations.自尊心低的人通常对职业发展的期望也较低。verbs动词have expectations (also hold expectations formal正式)· Many migrant workers had high expectations when they arrived, but not anymore.许多外来务工人员刚到时抱有很高的期望，但如今已不再如此。raise somebody's expectations (=make someone expect more success, money etc)· Having raised expectations, the government failed to live up to its promises.政府提高了人们的期望，却未能兑现其承诺。lower somebody's expectations (=make someone expect less success, money etc)· If you can't afford your dream home, you may have to lower your expectations.如果买不起梦想中的房子，你可能就不得不降低期望了。come up to/live up to somebody's expectations (=be as good as someone hoped or expected)· The match was boring, and didn't live up to our expectations at all.那场比赛很无聊，完全没有达到我们的预期。fulfil/satisfy somebody's expectations formal正式 (=be as good as someone hoped or expected)· The band failed to fulfil the fans' expectations.乐队未能满足粉丝的期望。exceed/surpass somebody's expectations (=be or do better than you hoped or expected)· The holiday exceeded our expectations.这次假期超出了我们的预期。fall below/fall short of somebody's expectations (=be worse that someone hoped or expected)· Our profits last year fell below expectations.我们去年的利润低于预期。create expectations (=make people expect that something will happen)· The events of the last few weeks have created expectations of an economic recession.过去几周发生的事件引发了人们对经济衰退的预期。confound somebody's expectations (=be different to what someone expected, in a way that surprises or confuses them)· The play totally confounds the audience's expectations.这部戏完全颠覆了观众的预期。phrases短语above expectations (=higher, better, or more successful than expected)· Economic growth last month was above expectations.上个月的经济增长高于预期。below expectations (=lower, worse, or less successful than expected)· Retail sales in December were well below expectations.十二月份零售额远低于预期。beyond all expectations (=greater or better than someone expected)· The task took two months to complete, but it was successful far beyond all expectations.这项任务花了两个月完成，但其成功程度远远超出了所有人的预期。against/contrary to expectations (=very different to what someone expected)· Contrary to our expectations, the share price actually increased.与我们的预期相反，股价实际上上涨了。
查看全部语言翻译1[countable, uncountable] what you think or hope will happen你认为或希望将要发生的事expectation that For some time he lived with the expectation that he was going to die.有一段时间，他在即将死去的预感中度日。in (the) expectation of something Anne left Germany in the expectation of seeing her family again before very long.安妮离开德国时，期望不久后能再次见到家人。against/contrary to (all) expectations Against all expectations, getting up at five is actually easier in winter.出乎所有人的意料，冬天五点起床其实更容易。 Having raised expectations (=made people more hopeful), he went on to help only a few people.他提高了人们的期望（=使人们更加充满希望），却只帮助了少数几个人。above/below expectations Profits are below expectations.利润低于预期。beyond (somebody’s) expectations Gina has succeeded beyond our expectations.吉娜的成就超出了我们的预期。 The show exceeded all expectations (=was much better than expected).那场演出超出了所有人的预期（=比预期好得多）。come/live up to (somebody’s) expectations His performance did not live up to our expectations (=was not as good as we expected).他的表现没有达到我们的预期（=不如我们所期望的那样好）。 The number of people who attended fell short of expectations (=was lower than expected).出席人数未达预期（=低于预期）。2[countable usually plural] a feeling or belief about the way something should be or how someone should behave对事物应有状态或某人应有行为方式的感觉或信念expectation of Women who have high expectations of marriage are often disappointed.对婚姻期望很高的女性往往会感到失望。 Some people have totally unrealistic expectations of both medical and nursing staff.有些人对医生和护理人员的期望完全不切实际。3expectation of life the number of years that someone is likely to live某人预计存活的年数 SYN life expectancyCOLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meanings 1 & 2– 释义 1 和 2adjectives形容词high (=expecting that someone or something will be successful)· Like most parents, we have high expectations for our children.像大多数父母一样，我们对孩子抱有很高的期望。low (=expecting that someone or something will not be very successful)· Their expectations of success were pretty low.他们对成功的期望相当低。great expectations (=very high)· Emigrants sailed to America with great expectations.移民们满怀殷切期望乘船前往美国。reasonable expectations (=the expectation that something will probably be successful, but may not be)· It is a difficult operation, but we have reasonable expectations of success.这是一次困难的手术，但我们对成功有合理的期望。realistic expectations (=the expectation that bad things can happen as well as good things)· The disease is not curable, and patients must have realistic expectations.这种病无法治愈，患者必须抱有切实的期望。unreasonable/unrealistic expectations (=expectations that are too high)· I think you had unrealistic expectations of what could be achieved in the time.我认为你对在这段时间内能实现的目标抱有不切实际的期望。legitimate expectations law法律 (=expectations based on someone's legal rights)· The men have legitimate expectations of a fair hearing.这些男性理应期待获得公正的听证。growing/rising/increased expectations (=becoming higher)· China's economy will grow considerably over the next five years, bringing rising expectations of wealth.未来五年，中国经济将大幅增长，带动人们对财富的期望不断上升。general/popular/widespread expectations (=shared by a lot of people)· The general expectation was for married couples to have children.社会的普遍期望是已婚夫妇会生育子女。family/parental expectations (=expectations that families or parents have for their children)· Parental expectations for a first child tend to be quite high.父母对头胎子女的期望往往相当高。social expectations (=relating to what society thinks or expects)· Social expectations of masculine and feminine behaviour changed drastically during the 1960s and '70s.20世纪60至70年代，社会对男性和女性行为的期望发生了剧烈变化。career expectations (=someone's expectations about how well they will do in their job)· People with low self-esteem usually have low career expectations.自尊心低的人通常对职业发展的期望也较低。verbs动词have expectations (also hold expectations formal正式)· Many migrant workers had high expectations when they arrived, but not anymore.许多外来务工人员刚到时抱有很高的期望，但如今已不再如此。raise somebody's expectations (=make someone expect more success, money etc)· Having raised expectations, the government failed to live up to its promises.政府提高了人们的期望，却未能兑现其承诺。lower somebody's expectations (=make someone expect less success, money etc)· If you can't afford your dream home, you may have to lower your expectations.如果买不起梦想中的房子，你可能就不得不降低期望了。come up to/live up to somebody's expectations (=be as good as someone hoped or expected)· The match was boring, and didn't live up to our expectations at all.那场比赛很无聊，完全没有达到我们的预期。fulfil/satisfy somebody's expectations formal正式 (=be as good as someone hoped or expected)· The band failed to fulfil the fans' expectations.乐队未能满足粉丝的期望。exceed/surpass somebody's expectations (=be or do better than you hoped or expected)· The holiday exceeded our expectations.这次假期超出了我们的预期。fall below/fall short of somebody's expectations (=be worse that someone hoped or expected)· Our profits last year fell below expectations.我们去年的利润低于预期。create expectations (=make people expect that something will happen)· The events of the last few weeks have created expectations of an economic recession.过去几周发生的事件引发了人们对经济衰退的预期。confound somebody's expectations (=be different to what someone expected, in a way that surprises or confuses them)· The play totally confounds the audience's expectations.这部戏完全颠覆了观众的预期。phrases短语above expectations (=higher, better, or more successful than expected)· Economic growth last month was above expectations.上个月的经济增长高于预期。below expectations (=lower, worse, or less successful than expected)· Retail sales in December were well below expectations.十二月份零售额远低于预期。beyond all expectations (=greater or better than someone expected)· The task took two months to complete, but it was successful far beyond all expectations.这项任务花了两个月完成，但其成功程度远远超出了所有人的预期。against/contrary to expectations (=very different to what someone expected)· Contrary to our expectations, the share price actually increased.与我们的预期相反，股价实际上上涨了。