Expectation has been raised very high for this next thirty minutes and I know you will meet them.

观众们对接下来的半个小时都期望很高,但我相信您一定会不负众望。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It is wrong expectation to expect that getting into a certain place, getting a raise, finding our dream partner, is responsible for our happiness.

错误的期望认为进入某间公司，获得升职，找到理想的伴侣，就能让自己更快乐。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The men who stood around and did nothing until they were called to act earned precisely the same amount as those who had been laboring in the vineyard all day. They're not punished for their unprofitable expectation.

那些站在那里什么都没干,直到有人来催的人和那些在葡萄园里,干了一整天的人拿的钱一样多,他们没有因为没有上进心。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

They love to kind of luxuriate in the opportunity to show off their voice on a leading tone, build up expectation, make you wait even more for that tonic.

他们总是喜欢借机,在导音部分卖弄下自己的歌喉,以增加听众的期望,让大家更渴望听到主音

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Now Mr. Milton took some risks when he separated himself from his cash and lent money to his clients, or lent more money to his clients than the collateral, the gold, was actually worth. And the motive for that risk, of course, the motive for that investment, was the expectation of a profit.

但是弥尔顿先生却冒着把自己和他的现金,也丢了的风险，或者借出去的钱比担保财产还要多，他这么投资的动机是，希望获得收益。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选