单词 | looked-for |
释义 | > as lemmaslooked-for looked-for adj. expected, anticipated. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > expected futurec1374 in a possibility1523 forestalled1543 looked-for1548 anticipatec1550 expected1558 long-looked-for1562 looked1565 in expectation1570 expectable1619 expecting1621 in perspective1633 unsurprising1671 in prospect1694 perspective1710 in prospective1746–7 prospective1809 anticipated1814 presumable1825 anticipatable1872 ex ante1937 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [adjective] > expected looked-for1548 expected1558 awaited1670 1548looked for [see sense 1]. 1611 R. Brathwait Golden Fleece sig. D8 A lookt for summons, yet not much desirde, For what man liuing will desire his fall? 1768 A. Young in Crit. Rev. Dec. 435 Ready at a moment's warning for the looked-for event, he would have executed his purpose in its full extent. 1896 A. Austin England's Darling i. iii. 26 And, should the looked-for shock be on us soon, I must be there! 1950 Billboard 7 Jan. 68/1 Such double operations are not the looked-for answer to a more uniform level of year-round returns. 2010 M. A. Halleran Better Angels of our Nature vii. 155 In some Masonic jurisdictions, this looked-for liberality was not forthcoming. < as lemmas |
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