Expectations
[ˌekspekˈteɪʃnz]
例句:
- It was the only good thing I had done, and the only completed thing I had done, since I was first apprised of my great expectations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- If he has any expectations it is due to the fact that I have never wasted money, and I do not propose to begin to do so now. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Mr. Fairlie had simply justified my expectations--and there was an end of it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- What can the fitness of things mean, if not their fitness to a man's expectations? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- In the first place: I am the daughter of a gentleman of family, and though my father is not rich, I have expectations from an uncle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- In my situation, it would have been the extreme of vanity to be forming expectations on Mr. Crawford. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- She had deceived his expectations; she had lost his good opinion. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Still looking at the fire, he said-- And who pretends to say Fred Vincy hasn't got expectations? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- It was a comfort to Elizabeth to consider that Jane could not have been wearied by long expectations. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- He was 'only a plasterer,' Little Dorrit said, as a caution to him not to form high social expectations of Plornish. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- O expectations founded on the favor of close old gentlemen! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- But perhaps your accommodations--your cottage--your furniture--have disappointed your expectations? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- This is the end of the first stage of Pip's expectations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- There is no knowing what THEY may expect, said the lady, but we are not to think of their expectations: the question is, what you can afford to do. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- It has entirely answered my expectations. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But now, at the end of the twenty-four hours, all those firm expectations were upset. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- You must know that, although I have used the term 'expectations' more than once, you are not endowed with expectations only. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Similarly, in connection with the storage battery, after having experimented continuously for three years, it was found to fall below his expectations, and its manufacture had to be stopped. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- What he does and what he can do depend upon the expectations, demands, approvals, and condemnations of others. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Their rank, fortune, rights, and expectations will always be different. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- This was the first serious opposition the enemy met with, and I am satisfied was the fatal blow to all his expectations. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- It made me expect good things from you, and you have not disappointed my expectations. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Our expectations of the future grandeur of America are not so magnificent, and, therefore, not so vain and visionary, as you represent them to be. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Actual tests, long continued under very severe conditions, have shown that the construction is right, and fulfils the most sanguine expectations. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- I have heard a story of a young gentleman who once encouraged flattering expectations, and they did him harm. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- General Meade has more than met my most sanguine expectations. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- But whether Joe knew how poor I was, and how my great expectations had all dissolved, like our own marsh mists before the sun, I could not understand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- But if by any chance he disappointed my expectations and left the country, then I had no time to lose in arming myself to meet him as I best might. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Besides, I wish at once to tell you my wishes and expectations, and then never again to revert to so painful a subject. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
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