expectancy

Word family  noun expectancy expectation adjective expectant expected ≠ unexpected verb expect adverb expectantly unexpectedly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ex·pec·tan·cy /ɪkˈspektənsi/ noun [uncountable]  EXPECTthe feeling that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen 期待，期望 I saw the look of expectancy in the children’s eyes. 我从孩子们的眼神中看到了期盼。 → life expectancy

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expectancy• The police often collaborate in producing an expectancy effect.• We celebrate Passover with joy and expectancy.• It was the kind of silence that was so complete it had a sort of hum, the noise of expectancy.From Longman Business Dictionaryexpectancyex‧pec‧tan‧cy /ɪkˈspektənsi/ noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES the amount of effort an employee believes will be necessary to do his or her job. Expectancy is important to managers because, by knowing about it, they know what they have to do to make their employees want to work harderExpectancy theories of motivation are based on the premise that people are motivated by the expected outcomes of their actions. → see also life expectancy

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expectancy
ex‧pec‧tan‧cy /ɪkˈspektənsi/ noun [uncountable]the feeling that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen:
    I saw the look of expectancy in the children’s eyes.
⇨ life expectancy

ex·pect·ancyBrE /ɪkˈspektənsi/ 🔊NAmE /ɪkˈspektənsi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the state of expecting or hoping that sth, especially sth good or exciting, will happen 预料；预期；期待；盼望◆There was an air of expectancy among the waiting crowd. 等待的人群心怀期盼。🔊🔊  ➡  see also life expectancy