expectation 音标拼音: [
, ɛkspɛkt'eʃən]
n . 期待,期望,指望,预料
期待,期望,指望,预料
expectation n 1 :
belief about (
or mental picture of )
the future [
synonym :
{
expectation }, {
outlook }, {
prospect }]
2 :
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment [
synonym :
{
anticipation }, {
expectation }]
3 :
the feeling that something is about to happen 4 :
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values [
synonym : {
arithmetic mean }, {
first moment },
{
expectation }, {
expected value }]
Expectation \
Ex `
pec *
ta "
tion \
n . [
L .
expectio .
exspectio :
cf .
F .
expectation .]
1 .
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen . "
In expectation of a guest ."
--
Tennyson .
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My soul ,
wait thou only upon God ,
for my expectation is from him . --
Ps .
lxii .
5 .
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2 .
That which is expected or looked for .
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Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman . --
Milton .
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3 .
The prospect of the future ;
grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen ;
prospect of anything good to come ,
esp .
of property or rank .
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His magnificent expectations made him ,
in the opinion of the world ,
the best match in Europe .
--
Prescott .
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By all men '
s eyes a youth of expectation . --
Otway .
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4 .
The value of any chance (
as the prospect of prize or property )
which depends upon some contingent event .
Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event .
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5 . (
Med .)
The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure .
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{
Expectation of life },
the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age .
Syn :
Anticipation ;
confidence ;
trust .
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127 Moby Thesaurus words for "
expectation ":
aftertime ,
afteryears ,
anticipation ,
apprehension ,
apprehensiveness ,
aptitude ,
aspiration ,
assumption ,
assurance ,
assured faith ,
awelessness ,
belief ,
by -
and -
by ,
calmness ,
chance ,
cheerful expectation ,
composure ,
confidence ,
conjecture ,
conviction ,
cool ,
coolness ,
course ahead ,
crystal ball ,
demand ,
dependence ,
design ,
desire ,
determinism ,
distant future ,
doomed hope ,
dueness ,
entitledness ,
entitlement ,
eventuality ,
expectancy ,
fair expectation ,
fair prospect ,
faith ,
favorable prospect ,
fervent hope ,
foresight ,
forward look ,
future ,
future tense ,
futurism ,
futurity ,
good chance ,
good cheer ,
good hope ,
great expectations ,
guess ,
hereafter ,
high hopes ,
hope ,
hopeful prognosis ,
hopefulness ,
hopes ,
hoping ,
hoping against hope ,
immediate future ,
immediate prospect ,
imminence ,
inexcitability ,
insistence ,
intention ,
justice ,
justifiable expectation ,
liability ,
likelihood ,
likeliness ,
meritedness ,
motive ,
near future ,
nodding acceptance ,
nonamazedness ,
nonamazement ,
nonastonishment ,
nonmarveling ,
nonwonder ,
nonwondering ,
notion ,
odds ,
offing ,
outlook ,
posteriority ,
prayerful hope ,
prediction ,
presumption ,
presumptive evidence ,
probabilism ,
probability ,
project ,
promise ,
prophecy ,
prospect ,
prospects ,
reasonable ground ,
reasonable hope ,
reliance ,
requirement ,
sanguine expectation ,
security ,
supposition ,
surmise ,
suspense ,
tendency ,
the future ,
the morrow ,
the sweet by -
and -
by ,
time ahead ,
time just ahead ,
time to come ,
tomorrow ,
trust ,
unamazedness ,
unamazement ,
unastonishment ,
unimpressibleness ,
unsurprise ,
unsurprisedness ,
verisimilitude ,
want ,
watchfulness ,
well -
grounded hope ,
wish ,
wonderlessness
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