expectation

His new book did not come up to expectation.

他的新作没有达到预期水平。

The dog wags its tail in expectation of a bone.

那条狗摇著尾巴，巴望吃肉骨头。

He did it in expectation of nothing.

他做这件事并不期望得到什么。

His mind was throbbing with expectation.

他的心因期待而柁柁地跳着。

I found then in tears contrary to my expectation.

我出乎意料地发现他们在哭。

You can scarcely expect to escape reproof for such irresponsible behavior.

你这样不负责任的行为，不能不受到责备。

The shop expect to make a small profit this year.

这家店铺期望今年能赚点钱。

She ate a light lunch in expectation of a good dinner.

她午饭吃得很少，期待晚饭时饱餐一顿。

How in the world do you expect me to know him?

你究竟怎么会想到我认识他呢？

I can't expect help from the idler.

我不能指望那个懒惰者的帮忙。

He seemed to expect to be waited on hand and foot.

他像是想要人尽心尽力伺候他。

The duration of marriage is related most obviously to the expectation of life.

很明显，婚姻生活的持续时间与人的预期寿命有关。

We will never fail to live up to what our parents expect of us.

我们决不辜负我们的父母对我们的期望。

I didn't expect him to descend to personal abuse.

我没料到他会堕落到对我进行人身攻击的地步。

The beauties of the West Lake in spring were beyond his expectation.

西湖的春景比他所预料的更加美丽。

In reality, things always happen out of expectation.

现实中，事情总是出乎意料地发生。

Don't expect that niggard to invite you to dinner.

别指望那个吝啬鬼会请你吃饭。

His work comes up to what we expect of him.

他的工作符合了我们的期望。

Society has a right to expect people to obey the law.

社会有权要求人们守法。

I expect I will be back on Sunday.

我预计我会在周日回来的。

I expect Tom to be a skilled worker.

我期望汤姆做个技术工人。

I expect you have been to Europe.

我想您去过欧洲吧。

She will be here sooner than you expect.

她很快就到，比你预料的要早。

Culturally Bradford was not the howling wilderness I had been led to expect.

布拉德福德并不是我想像中的那样，她不是一块文化上的荒原。

I didn't expect to bang into him there.

我没料到会在那儿碰见他。

I expect I'll stay at home tomorrow.

预计我明天将呆在家里。

He seems to expect to be wait on hand and foot.

他像是想要人尽心尽力伺候他。

What do you expect? That's life!

你期待什麽呢? 这就是生活！

He is too worldly-wise to expect too much of human nature.

他太世故了，所以对人性无多奢求。

Don't expect much of him; he is at best a student.

不要对他期望过高; 他只不过是个学生。

You can't expect promotion to be handed to you on a plate.

晋升的事休想会给你送货上门。

See you soon, I expect I'll be around.

希望不久能见到你--我就在附近。

I expect we shall muddle through somehow!

我看我们总能应付过去！

I did not expect such unkind treatment at your hands.

我没想到你如此刻薄。

Don't expect him to approve of your design straight away.

别指望他能立即支持／接受你的设计方案。

I expect you to be here from nine to five, at the very least.

我希望你至少从九点到五点会待在这里。

If you would give me another chance, I believe I can come up to your expectation.

如果你再给我一个机会，我相信我能达到你的期望。

The boss expect us to do his dirty work, so he can look clean.

老板希望我们为他做没面子的工作，如此他可以看起来很清白。

After all, you can hardly expect us to finance your sale promotion.

毕竟您不会期望我们为产品促销提供经费。

When you pay that much for a meal you expect the best.

一顿饭花那麽多钱是想吃到最好的东西。

You don't expect me to believe that pitiful excuse, do you?

你并不认为我会相信那个可鄙的借口，是吧？

I expect them to do their duty.

我期望他们尽责工作。

It's unreasonable to expect me to work all day and all night.

指望我白天黑夜都工作是不合情理的。

I fully expect these commitments will put us in Queer Street next year.

我完全相信这些交易到明年会使我们陷入困境。

She expect to achieve the requisite two-thirds majority for nomination.

她期望得到获得提名所必需的三分之二多数。

But you couldn't expect the capitalists to change over their machinery.

但是你不可能指望那些资本家会更换他们的机器。

The standard of your work has fallen from the level we expect from you.

你的工作质量没有达到我们要求的水平。

Animals can be conditioned to expect food at certain times.

可以训练动物定时等待喂食。

You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a week.

不要指望一个星期就能学会一门外语。

He's very ill but doctors expect him to come through.

他病得很重，但医生预料他能康复。