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ex·pec·tan·cy
/-tən(t)si/
期待,期望,指望;期望的東西
From:
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ex·pec·tan·cy
/-ˈspɛktənsɪ/
名詞
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ex·pect·ance
Ex·pect·an·cy
n.
1.
The
act
of
expecting
;
expectation
.
2.
That
which
is
expected
,
or
looked
or
waited
for
with
interest
;
the
object
of
expectation
or
hope
.
The
expectancy
and
rose
of
the
fair
state
.
--
Shak
.
Estate in expectancy
Law
,
one
the
possession
of
which
a
person
is
entitled
to
have
at
some
future
time
,
either
as
a
remainder
or
reversion
,
or
on
the
death
of
some
one
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
expectancy
n
1:
pleasurable
expectation
[
syn
:
anticipation
]
2:
something
expected
(
as
on
the
basis
of
a
norm
); "
each
of
them
had
their
own
anticipations
"; "
an
indicator
of
expectancy
in
development
" [
syn
:
anticipation
]
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