Expectation

(noun.) belief about (or mental picture of) the future.

(noun.) the feeling that something is about to happen.

编辑:梅尔维尔

• But as Elizabeth could not receive comfort from any such expectation, she made no answer. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• There was a pleased bustle all though the Shelby mansion, that day, in expectation of the arrival of young Mas'r George. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Jaelthe stern woman; sat apart, relenting somewhat over her captive; but more prone to dwell on the faithful expectation of Heber coming home. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• His wooden conceit and craft kept exact pace with the delighted expectation of his victim. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• If our great view is upon those of the next, the expectation of them is an infinitely higher satisfaction than the enjoyment of those of the present. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• But now these thoughts faded before the new born expectation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Celia had been used to watch her sister with expectation. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I have more than half an expectation of our all going abroad. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• It was in a state of dilapidation quite equal to our expectation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Unhappily, that expectation was now extinct within her for ever. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And has he ever showed any expectation of finding anything? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The following April he went back to Georgia, where he found unusually large crops of cotton had been planted, in expectation of using the gin. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Contrary to Bulstrode's alarmed expectation, he took little notice of Lydgate's presence, and continued to talk or murmur incoherently. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But the door-sill of marriage once crossed, expectation is concentrated on the present. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Mrs. Hale lay back in an easy chair, with a soft white shawl wrapped around her, and a becoming cap put on, in expectation of the doctor's visit. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It was the only good thing I had done, and the only completed thing I had done, since I was first apprised of my great expectations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• If he has any expectations it is due to the fact that I have never wasted money, and I do not propose to begin to do so now. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Mr. Fairlie had simply justified my expectations--and there was an end of it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• What can the fitness of things mean, if not their fitness to a man's expectations? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In the first place: I am the daughter of a gentleman of family, and though my father is not rich, I have expectations from an uncle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In my situation, it would have been the extreme of vanity to be forming expectations on Mr. Crawford. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She had deceived his expectations; she had lost his good opinion. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Still looking at the fire, he said-- And who pretends to say Fred Vincy hasn't got expectations? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was a comfort to Elizabeth to consider that Jane could not have been wearied by long expectations. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He was 'only a plasterer,' Little Dorrit said, as a caution to him not to form high social expectations of Plornish. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• O expectations founded on the favor of close old gentlemen! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But perhaps your accommodations--your cottage--your furniture--have disappointed your expectations? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This is the end of the first stage of Pip's expectations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• There is no knowing what THEY may expect, said the lady, but we are not to think of their expectations: the question is, what you can afford to do. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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