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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·pec·tan·cy (plural -cies) DATE 1600 1. a. the act, action, or state of expecting the strange expectancy that getting on any train gives us — John Updike b. the state of being expected occurs with an expectancy slightly greater than usual 2. a. something expected their belief led to an expectancy b. the expected amount (as of the number of years of life) based on statistical probability life expectancy Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 expectancy ex·pect·ancy / ik5spektEnsi / noun[U] the state of expecting or hoping that sth, especially sth good or exciting, will happen 预料；预期；期待；盼望: There was an air of expectancy among the waiting crowd. 等待的人群有一种期盼的心情。 ⇨ see also life expectancy Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun 1 the state of one who looks forward to something FF1C;had an air of wistful expectancyFF1E; Synonyms: anticipation, expectation Related Words: presensation, presentiment 2 Synonyms: EXPECTATION 2Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: life expectancy , or estate in expectancy ex·pect·an·cy \-tənsē, -si\ noun or ex·pect·ance \-n(t)s\ (plural expectancies or expectances) Etymology: Medieval Latin expectantia, exspectantia, from Latin expectant-, exspectant-, expectans, exspectans + -ia -y 1. archaic a. : the act of waiting b. : the state of waiting 2. a. : the act or action of anticipating < the thirst did feel abatement of its edge e'en from expectance— H.F.Cary > b. : the state of anticipating < suspicion … gave way to a more submissive expectancy — George Eliot > 3. : the state of being expected < a large fortune in expectancy > 4. a. (1) : something that is expected : the object of expectation or hope < each of us had come … with his own purposes and expectancies — Esther Warner > (2) : the expected amount (as of the number of years of life) based on statistical probability — compare life expectancy b. archaic : something that gives rise to expectations < the expectancy and rose of the fair state — Shakespeare > |
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