expectation /ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Your expectations are your strong hopes or beliefs that something will happen or that you will get something that you want. 期盼 [also N in pl]

  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她家。

• 2. 

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

  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。