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anticipation n.预期；预料；期待，希望 (1) 预期就是一种紧张感。(2) 我将到汤家汽车旅馆没有预期。(3) 他们预料到会变天而带了很多厚衣服。 Anticipation can be a nervous expectation, like when the birthday party waited in anticipation for Elmer to walk in so they could surprise him. However, anticipation can also mean to be like a Boy Scout: prepared. The weather center's anticipation of the storm prevented anyone from getting hurt. It can refer to something you'd like to prevent from happening, such as "the anticipation of a tax increase next year." Either way, it's a way of looking ahead, just like its Latin roots which mean "to take care of ahead of time."

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英 [ænˌtɪsɪ'peɪʃn] 美 [ænˌtɪsɪ'peɪʃn] (1) Anticipation is a form of tension.(2) I pulled in to the Towne House Motel with little anticipation.(3) In anticipation of bad weather they take plenty of warm clothes. Anticipation is excitement, waiting eagerly for something you know is going to happen. Someone who has just proposed marriage waits in anticipation for a positive reply. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]预期；预料；期望；期盼 Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen. There's been an atmosphere of anticipation around here for a few days now...几天来这里一直有一种满怀期待的气氛。We await the next volume of this superb edition with keen anticipation.我们殷切期盼着这本精装版下一卷的面世。2[PHRASE 短语]期待着；预计到 If something is done in anticipation of an event, it is done because people believe that event is going to happen.   [PHR n]Troops in the Philippines have been put on full alert in anticipation of trouble during a planned general strike.因料到在有组织的大罢工期间可能会出现骚乱，菲律宾的军队已进入全面戒备状态。

英语单词	anticipation
英美音标	英 [ænˌtɪsɪ'peɪʃn] 美 [ænˌtɪsɪ'peɪʃn]
中文释义	n.预期；预料；期待，希望
英语例句	(1) Anticipation is a form of tension. (2) I pulled in to the Towne House Motel with little anticipation. (3) In anticipation of bad weather they take plenty of warm clothes.
中文例句	(1) 预期就是一种紧张感。 (2) 我将到汤家汽车旅馆没有预期。 (3) 他们预料到会变天而带了很多厚衣服。
vocabulary简明	Anticipation is excitement, waiting eagerly for something you know is going to happen. Someone who has just proposed marriage waits in anticipation for a positive reply.
vocabulary扩展	Anticipation can be a nervous expectation, like when the birthday party waited in anticipation for Elmer to walk in so they could surprise him. However, anticipation can also mean to be like a Boy Scout: prepared. The weather center's anticipation of the storm prevented anyone from getting hurt. It can refer to something you'd like to prevent from happening, such as "the anticipation of a tax increase next year." Either way, it's a way of looking ahead, just like its Latin roots which mean "to take care of ahead of time."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]预期；预料；期望；期盼 Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen. There's been an atmosphere of anticipation around here for a few days now... 几天来这里一直有一种满怀期待的气氛。 We await the next volume of this superb edition with keen anticipation. 我们殷切期盼着这本精装版下一卷的面世。 2 [PHRASE 短语]期待着；预计到 If something is done in anticipation of an event, it is done because people believe that event is going to happen. [PHR n] Troops in the Philippines have been put on full alert in anticipation of trouble during a planned general strike. 因料到在有组织的大罢工期间可能会出现骚乱，菲律宾的军队已进入全面戒备状态。

Anticipation Happen Weather 英 ænˌtɪsɪ'Peɪʃn] 美 ænˌtɪsɪ'Peɪʃn N.预期；预料；期待，希望 Form