expectancy
n. 期待,期望
Expectancy is the feeling or hope that something exciting, interesting, or good is about to happen.
The supporters had a tremendous air of expectancy.
支持者們充滿了期待。
1. pleasurable expectation
2. something expected (as on the basis of a norm);
Average life expectancy has risen from 36 years before liberation to 65 years at present.
平均期望壽命已由解放前的36歲提高到目前的65歲.
Captain tell you the life expectancy for pilots around here?
上校告訴你們飛行員的平均壽命有多長 嗎 ?
The powers of expectancy are even more obvious in higher level processing, such as speech perception.
期望的影響更是顯而易見, 例如語言感受.
Two days later, toward noon, Sandy began to show signs of excitement and feverish expectancy.
兩天以後, 在快到晌午的時候, 桑弟忽然興奮起來,心焦面熱,好象有所期待似的.
Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.
日本人的平均壽命非常長.