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expectancy noun
⇨ hope 1hope1 noun hope for the future 对未来的期望your hopes and fears 你的愿望和恐惧hope ♦︎ optimism ♦︎ expectancy ♦︎ wishful thinkingThese are all words for a feeling that good things will happen. 这些词均表示希望、期望。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆hope / optimism for sth◆hope / optimism that...◆great / considerable / false / renewed hope / optimism◆to express / share your hope / optimism◆hope / optimism grows / rises■ hope [uncountable, countable] a belief that sth you want to happen will happen 希望；期望◆There is now hope of a cure.现在有治愈的希望了。◆They have given up hope of finding any more survivors.他们已不抱希望再找到幸存者了。◆There is still a glimmer of hope.仍有一线希望。◆She has high hopes of winning (= is very confident about it).她抱有必胜的信念。◆Don't raise your hopes too high, or you may be disappointed.不要期望过高，否则你可能会失望的。ⓘ Hope is usually used to talk about a belief that sth particular will happen, not just that things in general will be good. * hope通常指希望特定事情会发生，而不仅仅是希望总体情况良好。 OPP despair , hopelessness ⇨ despair noun see also give up hope , lose hope ⇨ despair verb , hopeful ⇨ optimistic , hopeful ⇨ promising ■ optimism / /ˈɒptɪmɪzəm; NAmE ˈɑːptɪmɪzəm/ [uncountable] (rather formal) a feeling that good things will happen and that sth will be successful; the tendency to have this feeling 乐观；乐观主义◆He returned with renewed optimism about the future.他回来时恢复了对未来的乐观态度。◆Some people talked of a mood of cautious optimism.一些人提到要有谨慎乐观的心态。ⓘ Optimism is often used in business or political contexts, when business managers or politicians express a belief that their company or policies will be successful. * optimism常用于商务或政治语境，用于企业经营者或政界人士表示他们相信公司经营或施政方针将会成功。 OPP pessimism ⇨ negative adj. see also optimistic ⇨ optimistic ■ expectancy /ɪkˈspektənsi/ / [uncountable] (rather formal, especially written) the state of expecting or hoping that sth, especially sth good or exciting, will happen 期待；盼望；期望◆There was an air of expectancy among the waiting crowd.等待的群众有一种期盼的心情。ⓘ Expectancy is often used by people on television or radio to describe crowds waiting for an exciting event to happen. * expectancy常被电视台或电台节目主持人用于描述期盼激动人心事件发生的人群。 see also expectant ⇨ optimistic ■ ˌwishful ˈthinking [uncountable] the belief that sth that you want to happen is happening or will happen, although this is actually not true or very unlikely 不实际的幻想；一厢情愿◆I've got a feeling that Alex likes me, but that might just be wishful thinking.我感觉亚历克斯喜欢上我了，但那可能只是我一厢情愿的想法。 |