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expectant

美音:[ık´spektənt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.预期的,期待的,[律](有继承权而)期待占有的 n.预期者,期待者

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expectant为短语/超纲词汇

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副词:expectantly

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spec,spect=to see,to look(看见)

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expectant


/ɪk'spektənt; ɪk`spɛktənt/
adj expecting (esp sth good); hopeful 期待的; 期望的; 怀有希望的
*(fml 文) children with expectant faces waiting for the pantomime to start 眼巴巴地等候童话剧开演的儿童们.

expectant


adj [usually before noun]
hopeful that something good or exciting will happen, or showing this
 a row of expectant faces
expectant mother/father
a mother or father whose baby will be born soon
>expectantlyadv
 He looked expectantly at Sarah, but she didn't speak.