expectant
                                                    英 [ɪk'spekt(ə)nt; ek-]
                                                                        美 [ɪk'spɛktənt]
                        
                
                
                
                    
                        - adj. 期待的;怀孕的;预期中的
- n. 期待者;候选人
 
                
                    
                                    
                
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                        - expectant (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French expectant or directly from Latin expectantem/exspectantem (nominative expectans/exspectans), present participle of expectare/exspectare "await, desire, hope" (see expect). Meaning "pregnant" is by 1861. Related: Expectantly. As a noun, "one who waits in expectation," from 1620s.
 
                
                                                    expectant 双语例句
                
                
                    1. The expectant mothers that Amy had encountered positively glowed with pride.  埃米遇见的准妈妈们个个洋溢着自豪和喜悦。 来自柯林斯例句
 - 2. Philip paced the floor, a typically nervous expectant father. 
- 菲利普在地板上踱来踱去,一副典型的神经紧张的准爸爸形象。
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- 3. She turned to me with an expectant look on her face. 
- 她转身望着我,脸上带着期待的表情。
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- 4. The roar of the crowd stilled to an expectant murmur. 
- 人群的喧哗平息下来,变成了满怀期待的低语声。
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- 5. I remembered the curious expectant light in his eyes. 
- 我记得他眼里那好奇而期待的目光。
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