英语词汇“expectancy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词	expectancy
释义	ex·pect·an·cy \-tənsē, -si\ noun or ex·pect·ance \-n(t)s\ (plural expectancies or expectances) Etymology: Medieval Latin expectantia, exspectantia, from Latin expectant-, exspectant-, expectans, exspectans + -ia -y 1. archaic a. : the act of waiting b. : the state of waiting 2. a. : the act or action of anticipating < the thirst did feel abatement of its edge e'en from expectance — H.F.Cary > b. : the state of anticipating < suspicion … gave way to a more submissive expectancy — George Eliot > 3. : the state of being expected < a large fortune in expectancy > 4. a. (1) : something that is expected : the object of expectation or hope < each of us had come … with his own purposes and expectancies — Esther Warner > (2) : the expected amount (as of the number of years of life) based on statistical probability — compare life expectancy b. archaic : something that gives rise to expectations < the expectancy and rose of the fair state — Shakespeare >
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