expectation
expectation
noun
noun
- a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future
预计；预期
reality had not lived up to expectations.
现实有负期望。
an expectation that the government will provide the resources.
对政府提供资金的预期。
[mass noun]he drilled his men in expectation of a Prussian advance.
估计普鲁士人会进攻，他对他的人进行操练。
■a belief that someone will or should achieve something
希冀，期望；指望
students had high expectations for their future.
学生对未来抱有很高的期望。
■(expectations)(archaic)one's prospects of inheritance
(古)继承遗产的希望
■(Mathematics). another term for expected value
(数)。 同 expected value
- mid 16th cent.: from Latin expectatio(n-), from the verb expectare (see expect)
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