| 单词 | long expectance |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(after) long expectance a. The action or state of waiting for a person or thing. Frequently in (after) long expectance. Obsolete.Later quots. show the influence of sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [noun] biding1340 expectation1524 await1538 tarriance1561 tendance1591 expectance1592 expectancy1592 attendance1597 awaiting1607 attendancy1646 waiting1743 sitting out1838 1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis Ep. sig. *iij This our Church since the first comming of Christ, remaining in expectance [L. in exspectatione] of his second and glorious appearance. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1092 At length after long expectance..they were..brought forth into the field. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 4 In expectance of the others companie. a1718 T. Parnell Posthumous Wks. (1758) 149 Long expectance of a bliss delay'd Breeds anxious doubt. 1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 6 The Addresses of Both Houses, after long Expectance, produced nothing but a report..in Favour of Wood. 1818 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 18 8 The slow season of expectance past, True Love..[might] Requite the sorrows of this hard delay. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. xvi. 249 Now at length, and after long expectance, they indeed would go into action. < as lemmas |
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