英汉词典

1. 期待;期望；预期
    Your expectations are your strong hopes or beliefs that something will happen or that you will get something that you want.

    e.g. Students' expectations were as varied as their expertise...
           学生们的期望根据他们的专业各有不同。
    e.g. The car has been General Motors' most visible success story, with sales far exceeding expectations...
           那种车是通用汽车公司有目共睹最成功的车型，销量远远超过预期。

2. 期望;希望
    A person's expectations are strong beliefs which they have about the proper way someone should behave or something should happen.

expectation的意思

    e.g. Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the expectations of the Company.
           斯蒂芬·蔡斯决心不辜负公司的期望。
    e.g. ...the expectation that the grieving process should have a time limit on it.
           希望悲痛情绪不要长久持续下去