中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.预期，期望，期待。
2.期望的东西。
短语和例子
life expectance估计寿命。 be on the very tiptoe of expectance 焦急地等待。

something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"
同义词：anticipation,

an expectation
同义词：anticipation,

例句与用法

Women have a higher life expectancy than men .
女人比男人的预期寿命长。

She went to meet him with an air of expectancy .
她去见他时带着有所期待的神情。

We have a feeling of expectancy .
我们有一种期待感。

She waited for her lover in a state of happy expectancy .
她满怀幸福地等候着她的情人到来。

Pollution shortens considerably the life expectancy of a body of water .
污染使水体的估计寿命大为缩短。

Particularly cigarette smoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy .
尤其是吸卷烟会缩短人的概率寿命。

When the occurrence of the disease is much above the normal expectancy it is called an epidemic .
当此疾病发生的病例大大的多于正常的预期时则称为流行病。

Two days later, toward noon, sandy began to show signs of excitement and feverish expectancy .
两天以后，在快到晌午的时候，桑弟忽然兴奋起来，心焦面热，好象有所期待似的。

Before opec, the average life expectancy of cartels had been so short that the economic analysis of cartels tended to stress the inevitability of their collapse .
在石油输出国组织以前，卡特尔的平均期望寿命是如此之短，以致对卡特尔的经济分析往往是强调其解体的不可避免性。

Expectancy theory in college curriculum selection
期望理论在大学课程选择中的应用