anticipation

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an·tic·i·pa·tion /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/ AWL noun [uncountableU]

1 EXPECTwhen you are expecting something to happen 预期，预料，期望

She waited in eager anticipation for Robert to arrive.

她急切地期盼着罗伯特到来。

Taylor was excited and full of anticipation at the prospect of the trip.

泰勒很兴奋，对这次旅行满怀期待。

2 do something in anticipation of something to do something because you expect something to happen 因预料到某事而做某事

The workers have called off their strike in anticipation of a pay offer.

工人们预料到资方会提供薪酬调整方案，便取消了罢工。

Examples from the Corpus

do something in anticipation of something• Excitement rose in them, hardening muscles and quivering their sleek flanks in anticipation of the hunt.• For weeks, Schwarzenegger has been meeting with other agencies, including William Morris, in anticipation of changing representation.• Nothing looked familiar, and yet he'd gone around the block again and again in anticipation of something like this.• Prime Minister Alberto Pandolfi said that police were securing the area in anticipation of eventual talks between the government and the rebels.• She waited outside in the street, shaking in anticipation of the telephone call.• The Chalice Quilt was made by slaves on a Texas plantation in 1860 in anticipation of a visit from an itinerant bishop.• The house gives the impression of having been abandoned suddenly, in anticipation of some great disaster.• The management at South Forks raised the rent in anticipation of downtown businesses relocating.

Examples from the Corpus

anticipation• By rights, she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now.• We looked out the windows goggle-eyed in anticipation of fiery death.• The king extended the period of the trial in anticipation of objections from the Harrisons' enemies.• In anticipation and retrospect, holidays come into their own.• The crowd's mood was one of anticipation.• Were those somehow frightening sensations of pleasure followed by an instinctive guilt and terrible anticipation?

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