| 单词 | expectancy |
| 释义 | expectancy (once / 1144 pages) n WORD FAMILY expectancy: expectancies+/expect: expectable, expectant, expectation, expected, expecting, expects/expectable: expectably/expectant: expectancy, expectantly/expectation: expectations/expected: expectedly, expectedness, unexpected/unexpected: unexpecteder, unexpectedly, unexpectedness USAGE EXAMPLES“I’m competitive and every disappointment stays with me forever. It is a scar in your heart and reduces your life expectancy.” The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The typical life expectancy of lions in zoos is 17 years, the zoo said. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) Last year, overall life expectancy in the United States fell for the first time since 1993, when HIV was rampant. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n an expectation Syn|Hypo|Hyper anticipation suspense excited anticipation of an approaching climax feverintense nervous anticipation hopea specific instance of feeling hopeful buck fevernervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter gold fevergreed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush expectation the feeling that something is about to happen 2n something expected (as on the basis of a norm) an indicator of expectancy in development Syn|Hypo|Hyper anticipation life expectancy an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities expectation, outlook, prospect belief about (or mental picture of) the future |
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