expectancy

名词 expectancy:

1. pleasurable expectation
   同义词：anticipation
2. something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
   同义词：anticipation

1. A quiver of expectancy ran through the audience.
   全场引颈以待，群情鼎沸。
2. Women have a higher life expectancy than men.
   女人比男人的预期寿命长。

ex.pec.tan.cy

n.（名词）
【复数】 ex.pec.tan.cies
The act or state of expecting; expectation:
期望：期望的行为或状态；期望：
例句：
Tense with expectancy, I waited for my name to be called.
我紧张而满怀期望地等着我的名字被叫到

The state of being expected.
被期待：被期待的状态
Something expected.
期望的目的物
An expected amount calculated on the basis of actuarial data:
预期数额：根据精确资料求得的预期数额：
例句：
a life expectancy of 70 years.Also called In this sense, also called expectation
预计70岁的寿命也作 在此意义上也可称作 expectation