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单词 expectation
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expectation
(ekspekteɪʃən )
Word forms: expectations
1. plural noun B2
Your expectations are your strong hopes or beliefs that something will happen or that you will get something that you want.
Students' expectations were as varied as their expertise.
The car has been General Motors' most visible success story, with sales far exceeding expectations.
The Chancellor's statement lowers expectations of an early election.
Contrary to general expectation, he announced that all four had given their approval.
2. countable noun [usually plural] B2
A person's expectations are strong beliefs which they have about the proper way someone should behave or something should happen.
Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the expectations of the Company. [+ of]
...the expectation that the grieving process should have a time limit on it.
Quotations:
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointedAlexander Popeletter to Fortescue
Collocations:
above expectations
Despite the first-half results coming in above expectations, the company maintained its outlook for the year.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
GDP growth was 9.8 per cent in the final quarter of last year, and above expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The club have performed far above expectations.
The Sun (2015)
confound expectations
The makeshift team then confounded all expectations by getting through to the FA Cup Final.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That vote confounded expectations and sparked fierce public criticism.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is a humour based largely on establishing a situation and then confounding expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
cultural expectations
There are certain cultural expectations that can get in the way.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Ministers say that such a law would save lives and change cultural expectations about organ donation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The trouble is that it is hard to opt out of cultural expectations and practices.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
dampen expectation
Now the FA's only headache will be dampening expectations after being given the easiest draw of all Europe's leading nations.
The Sun (2006)
Based on interviews with her husband and doctors, the report seems designed to dampen expectations before her appearance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His aides moved quickly last week to dampen expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
dash expectations
Yet all too often this expectation is dashed when the employer fails to pay up.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
People had hoped things would feel exciting and different, instead their expectations were dashed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Here's who's to blame for your dashed expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
defy expectations
It's a life that continually defies expectations.
Christianity Today (2000)
This England team are getting used to defying expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The sick child has defied all medical expectations and survived to see this Christmas.
The Sun (2014)
exceed expectations
So far sales have exceeded expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
When staff exceed expectations, tell them.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In fact, I've exceeded the expectations of those who may have doubted me.
The Sun (2008)
expectation of privacy
Who better to decide whether a celebrity has a reasonable expectation of privacy than a jury?
Times, Sunday Times
An expectation of privacy in an arrest or police investigation was not invariable.
Times,Sunday Times
Article 8 was not limited in that way and would confer a right on anyone with a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Times,Sunday Times
Nor can he claim a reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to his text messages, in general.
Christianity Today
The judge said that none of the detainees - even the 17 who did not want their names revealed - had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Times, Sunday Times
expectation of success
Each time he had little expectation of success but, characteristically, was unafraid of failure.
Times, Sunday Times
We didn't have plans or any expectation of success.
Times, Sunday Times
Expectation of success became the norm.
Times,Sunday Times
He will also be representing a raft of sponsors who have invested money in the expectation of success.
Times, Sunday Times
Even then, he had no expectation of success.
Times, Sunday Times
expectations were dashed
People had hoped things would feel exciting and different, instead their expectations were dashed .
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is back on the agenda after expectations were dashed that the practice would simply die out.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet all too often this expectation is dashed when the employer fails to pay up.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
expectations were low
It felt like the three of us were in it together, but our expectations were quite low.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He admitted that expectations were low as the team boarded the flight in London.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It will be important to keep expectations low in the coming months.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
false expectations
Am I a wimp, or did I have false expectations?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
These false expectations inhibit us from being ourselves in all situations.
Christianity Today (2000)
I do not want any false expectation of sunshine to spoil my enjoyment of the inevitable rain.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
fulfil an expectation
Can I fulfil that expectation?
The Sun (2014)
But the League of Nations could not fulfil such unrealistic expectations.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
Not long ago, the dissidents in both parties looked set to fulfil the worst expectations of their political opponents.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
fulfil expectations
This luxurious boutique truly fulfils expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Both have failed to fulfil expectations.
The Sun (2006)
Only a tiny minority can fulfil expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
future expectation
There's the weight of future expectation.
Times, Sunday Times
Surveyors are also asked about their future expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
First, you discover what events are significant to them, which helps both you and the committee focus on future expectations.
Christianity Today
Once the decision was made to lock it down using 20 per cent of the country's police firepower, taken from 15 different forces, future expectations were raised.
Times, Sunday Times
It's often the overload of information and emotion from past experiences and also future expectations that stops us seeing things right here, right now, as they are.
The Sun
growth expectations
Hopes were dashed as global growth expectations fell.
ST (2099)
With the shift of competitive advantage to the East, the western economies may all be facing a future of depressed growth expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Similarly, raising retirement ages should reduce the need for saving, boosting demand and therefore growth expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
heightened expectations
The boost to its shares may mean investors have heightened expectations for any future deal, she said.
Times,Sunday Times
His anger was testament to the heightened expectations this group share.
Times, Sunday Times
Heightened expectations of employees and customers who want everything now at low prices.
Times, Sunday Times
They think people do not appreciate the pressures they were under until recently to balance rising inflation - and people's heightened expectations of future inflation - and recession.
Times, Sunday Times
Add heightened expectations and you can almost see the divorce lawyers circling overhead.
Times, Sunday Times
impossible expectations
I have found that most people lacking in confidence have impossible expectations of themselves.
50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman (1989)
But was their friendship really undone by its impossible expectations?
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
He will land on our shores with impossible expectations heaped upon his shoulders.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
increase expectations
A significant rise could push that forecast higher and increase expectations for an interest rate rise.
Times, Sunday Times
Strong results will increase expectations of a promised $25 billion share buyback.
Times, Sunday Times
Stock-based compensation simply creates an incentive for them to increase expectations about future earnings, which pushes the stock price up, rather than increasing actual earnings, which determines long-term value.
Globe and Mail
The band continues to respond to increase expectations and works to compete in higher levels of competition as the years moves on.
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inflated expectations
You have inflated expectations of things but these need to be played down a lot or there may be some disappointments.
The Sun
So even if we don't pass on sporting ability, we still bestow inflated expectations on our unsuspecting offspring.
Times, Sunday Times
He also warned against inflated expectations over the pace of reform.
Times, Sunday Times
It causes inflated expectations and subjects promising youngsters to bungling coaching.
Times, Sunday Times
They now face the world as graduates in inflated numbers with inflated expectations, inflated debt, devalued degrees and deflated prospects.
Times, Sunday Times
inflation expectations
The possibility of further action is likely to increase medium-term inflation expectations, which have been creeping up in recent months.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These instruments have become much more expensive in recent weeks, largely because inflation expectations have increased.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Monetary policy should be based on medium and long-term inflation expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
inflationary expectations
If governments announced limits on that growth they would reduce inflationary expectations and wage demands - and thus reduce inflation itself.
Times, Sunday Times
But inflationary expectations are a risk to his plans.
Times, Sunday Times
The central bank said that the increases were intended to keep credit and investment in check and to stabilise inflationary expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
And the point of these asset purchases will be to change inflationary expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
Inflationary expectations five years out have been weakening.
Times, Sunday Times
initial expectations
She was hired to make public appearances at video game conventions, but the experience went way beyond her initial expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
His sudden resignation came as the firm said the challenging high street environment means profits are expected to be below initial expectations.
The Sun
That fell slightly short of initial expectations of a first-day gain of as much as 20 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times
But in 2009 economic activity elsewhere in the developed world has deteriorated far beyond the market's initial expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
Initial expectations that the coalition would speed up the involvement of the private sector have been disappointed and some opponents believe the tide can now be halted.
Times, Sunday Times
investor expectations
A few years ago house prices got very high, pushed up because of investor expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
It reflects investor expectations of weaker growth and hence lower interest rates.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the challenge remains reining in investor expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
legitimate expectation
Was there a sufficient public interest to override that legitimate expectation?
Times, Sunday Times
Although those who perpetrated the offence might hope, if caught, to escape with regulatory proceedings, they could have no legitimate expectation of avoiding prosecution.
Times, Sunday Times
The question on the appeal was whether any potentially enforceable legitimate expectation had arisen.
Times, Sunday Times
The more difficult question was whether the government was entitled to frustrate the legitimate expectation that had been created by its representations.
Times, Sunday Times
Whether you have a right to be consulted before a change in practice or policy will depend on whether you have a 'legitimate expectation' that you will be consulted.
Times, Sunday Times
lofty expectations
All it took was getting accustomed to some lofty expectations.
Globe and Mail
If you've always wondered why your life hasn't measured up to the lofty expectations created on the telly, then this one's for you.
Times, Sunday Times
The operation immediately struggled tomeet its lofty expectations, however.
Times, Sunday Times
No one accustomed to wildlife ever goes out with lofty expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
Chance, 60 later this month, has no such lofty expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
lower expectations
' Basically, we're trying to lower expectations', he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I suggest you lower those expectations.
The Sun (2011)
Sources in Washington lowered expectations of what a first draft of the accord could contain.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
manage expectations
Managing expectations is impossible.
The Sun (2016)
Teachers often have to manage the unrealistic expectations of parents.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Part of my role is to bring some realism to it and manage expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
match expectations
After their success this season, the difficulty will be matching expectations in the next campaign.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The experience must match the expectations of the modern consumer.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is hugely disappointing that results have not matched expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
meet expectations
So why do projects fail regularly to meet expectations?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the proposal says they could also face cuts if they fail to meet expectations.
The Sun (2016)
He did not meet the expectations of those who knew of his birthplace.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
modest expectations
The response overwhelmed their modest expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
But he has modest expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
Mostly, though, anthologists have more modest expectations.
The Times Literary Supplement
Additionally, he enclosed projections showing expected revenue of over $6.5 million in five years based upon modest expectations for the market.
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optimistic expectation
The firm said first-half results are 'expected to reflect our optimistic expectations', with operating profit in the car business 'developing according to plan'.
Times, Sunday Times
What happens then could exceed even your most optimistic expectations.
Times,Sunday Times
Recent downward moves in risk assets suggest an adjustment to excessively optimistic expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
For one thing, his forecasts are based on what look like optimistic expectations for economic growth from 2011 onwards.
Times, Sunday Times
In the 1920s, private fixed investment soared, as did luxury consumption by the capitalists, boosted by high profits and optimistic expectations.
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outperform expectations
The table shows that, over the past four seasons, they have outperformed expectations against these other sides.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You do not need to look far to establish why, in spite of the economy outperforming expectations, the pace of deficit reduction is underperforming them.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
On average, the UK has vastly outperformed expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
parental expectations
There is huge pressure on some kids to live up to parental expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Many pupils come from disturbed backgrounds, have low parental expectations or a poor grasp of English.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
What these teens all share is high parental expectations to succeed and peer pressure to fail.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
patient expectations
The causes of the differences are unclear, but could be down to differences between healthcare systems, management of patients or patient expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
It has ever been thus, but as patient expectations have risen with their life expectancy, the model of ten-minute consultations just isn't working.
Times, Sunday Times
The second blind, of the experimenters, controls for the effects on patient expectations due to unintentional differences in the experimenters' behavior.
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Patient expectations may be distorted.
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performance expectation
The members of the group form implicit performance expectation states for themselves compared with others in the group.
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Specific goals that set a performance expectation are more motivating than those that are vague.
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The top 25% of officials are eligible to receive an annual bonus if they meet performance expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
They must effectively manage performance expectations through means other than financial reward.
Times, Sunday Times
Evolving communications technology, global travel and high performance expectations make the lives of today's captains of industry faster, more frenetic and more complex than even ten years ago.
Times, Sunday Times
profit expectation
The group said yesterday that it should meet analysts' profit expectations, which average 99 million.
Times, Sunday Times
However, it was confident of meeting full-year profits expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
Senior said that it was on track to meet full-year profit expectations and continue to reduce debt despite the pressure on the global aerospace industry.
Times, Sunday Times
A 19 per cent rise in earnings has seen first quarter profit expectations exceeded.
The Sun
In a full-year trading update, the company cut its guidance for revenue from £267 million to £260.5 million, with post-tax profit expectations shrinking from £63.9 million to £58.6 million.
Times,Sunday Times
raise expectations
Did you raise expectations too high?
For Love or Money (2006)
The vast media coverage raised public expectation to an impossible pitch.
A Channel of Peace (1993)
The pressure of such a hyped first book is that expectations are raised for the second.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
rational expectation
The economics of rational expectations and efficient markets has gradually acquired a virtual monopoly on senior university appointments and research funding.
Times, Sunday Times
The idea of rational expectations, another assertion with no empirical backing, had even greater political and financial impact.
Times, Sunday Times
Rational expectations allowed theoretical economists from the early 1970s onwards to prove, with apparently mathematical certainty, that government policies designed to boost economic activity in a recession would not work.
Times, Sunday Times
This work provides a bridge between the rational expectations and the herding literatures.
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The latter idea gave us the notion of so-called rational expectations.
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reader expectation
This not only increases book sales but also raises reader expectations as to what constitutes a worthwhile book.
Christianity Today
Publications were highly specialized, with each category having its own set of magazines, readers, and reader expectations.
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Additional bonuses can be earned by fulfilling reader expectations, which involves things such as completing a certain section without getting hit.
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Reader expectations operate as both a constraint on the writer and a latent demand for innovation.
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realistic expectations
Keep expectations realistic and don't set the bar ridiculously high, or you may be disappointed.
The Sun (2015)
It is still perfectly possible to stay abreast of trends, as long as you keep expectations realistic .
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
How much work do you really have to do, and are your expectations realistic ?
Shape Your Body, Shape Your Life (1987)
reasonable expectation
It is a reasonable expectation that diplomacy must be conducted in an atmosphere of trust.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The Prince has a reasonable expectation of privacy when in his hotel room.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Such a thing, of course, was beyond reasonable expectation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
reflect expectations
When a segment of society feels despised and feared, its behaviour will reflect societal expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The medal targets certainly reflect this expectation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Maybe social pessimism simply reflects higher expectations and the opportunity we now have to wallow in our doubts.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
reinforce expectations
There is further support by specialist teachers in some lessons and this reinforces high expectations and good progress for all.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The language in the White Paper reinforces this expectation.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But all too often low expectations are reinforced by our socially selective school system.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
rising expectations
Consumers of public services have rising expectations and most of the services are labour intensive.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This will produce an increasingly large middle class with rising expectations.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
The two main reasons for this are inflation and rising expectations.
Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991)
satisfy an expectation
He made high demands on his graduate students, but obtained excellent results from the few who satisfied his expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
Rather than fulfilling their own sense of calling, fledgling pastors usually try to satisfy the expectations of their congregations.
Christianity Today
So you need to offer something else, to show that you can satisfy the expectations of leading talent.
The Sun
He was aware that if his third album did not satisfy the expectations of the record company, he would be gambling with his career.
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set an expectation
Often, we set the expectation and then walk away and never check back until there's a fire burning too big to be extinguished.
Christianity Today
Because good news travels far and fast; those that do culture well set the expectations for everyone else.
Christianity Today
However, honouring it might result in setting an expectation that employees can make travel arrangements before having holiday requests approved.
Times, Sunday Times
Are you setting your expectations too high?
Times, Sunday Times
So set your expectations high.
The Sun
societal expectation
When a segment of society feels despised and feared, its behaviour will reflect societal expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
Unbowed by societal expectations of maternal instinct or sisterhood, she rushed towards truth-telling confrontation.
Times, Sunday Times
During its time, reviews either revered or regretted the way in which it influenced societal expectations and perceptions.
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These value judgements take into account societal expectations, ethics, and experience gained in application of the system.
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With time, societal expectations of low patient mortality have led to hospitals reinstating the patient outcomes as a measure of success.
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student expectations
We have to manage student expectations.
Times, Sunday Times
Others are wishing to meet student expectations for more flexible delivery and to generate efficiencies in assessment that can ease academic staff workloads.
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In addition, student expectations were changing.
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surpass expectations
Results for the year will also surpass expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The speed by which it has come together has definitely surpassed expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I am looking forward to seeing an exciting squad surpassing all expectations and giving it a real go.
The Sun (2014)
unmet expectation
Nothing leads more quickly to frustration and disappointment than unmet expectations.
Christianity Today
As the 17,000-strong crowd chanted her name after her second medal, the tears were of joy, not disappointment or unmet expectations, she insisted.
Times, Sunday Times
Our unmet expectations will become increasingly obvious as we grow closer to others.
Christianity Today
Though few people, including the amputees, believe that war would return, many analysts fear that unmet expectations from the coming poll could destabilise the country once again.
Times, Sunday Times
It attempts to measure social behaviors, underlying expectations of interpersonal and task actions, potential stress reactions to unmet expectations, occupational preferences and organizational strengths.
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unrealistic expectations
Do not have unrealistic expectations.
The Sun (2007)
They may have unrealistic expectations about what the property is worth.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Have they projected unrealistic expectations onto their few days together?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The estate agent said that many sellers have unrealistic expectations of what their homes are really worth.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And now the media have made expectations completely unrealistic.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I harbored many unrealistic expectations about marriage .
Christianity Today (2000)
unreasonable expectations
We all have unreasonable expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He thought that sometimes people have unreasonable expectations of the Church.
Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
All great sportsmen carry our unreasonable expectations.
The Sun (2010)
widespread expectation
Steady copper and dearer gold buoyed miners, in spite of a widespread expectation of writedowns of the value of underperforming assets across the industry.
Times, Sunday Times
So, despite widespread expectation that this might be the last budget before the next general election, he shunned vote-winning gimmicks.
Times, Sunday Times
Bitcoin and other virtual currencies became highly popular for amateur traders late last year after their prices rocketed amid widespread expectations of their adoption as mainstream financial products.
Times, Sunday Times
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Chinese: 期望
Japanese: 期待
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