"My expectation is that we will probably continue to see unemployment tick up for several months,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

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

Why should I act in such a way if I have no expectation or reasonable expectation that those around me will reciprocate?

如果我对别人的报答,没有期望或合理的期望,我为什么要这样做？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"There is a perception that President Obama brings with him a sensibility and sensitivity to the region and I think that will stand him in very good stead because there is already a very strong expectation that President Obama will set a new direction for US policy towards its partners, towards APEC, and in particular towards Asia."

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

All right. Now this is a wonderful example of the tension between having expectations, the expectation that someone will help Tony, and being in a state of suspense, not knowing who it will be.

好的，这是个很好的例子，来说明二者之间的张力,一个是有期望，期望有人会帮助托尼，另一个是处于一种悬念状态，不知道会是谁来帮托尼。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

A sense of reciprocity is establishedbetween the tow truck and the person who helps the tow truck out of being stuck -a fine sense of reciprocity, so the expectation is that there will be a moral.

在托运车和把托运车从困境中解救出来的人之间,建立起了一个互惠主义关系,相互帮助，一个很好的感觉，所以期待是这其中会有一个寓意。

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