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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6360 COCA: 6188

anticipation

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an·tic·i·pa·tion /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun [uncountableU]  
1  EXPECTwhen you are expecting something to happen 预期，预料，期望
 She waited in eager anticipation for Robert to arrive.
她急切地期盼着罗伯特到来。
 Taylor was excited and full of anticipation at the prospect of the trip.
泰勒很兴奋，对这次旅行满怀期待。
2  do something in anticipation of something to do something because you expect something to happen 因预料到某事而做某事
 The workers have called off their strike in anticipation of a pay offer.
工人们预料到资方会提供薪酬调整方案，便取消了罢工。
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do something in anticipation of something• Excitement rose in them, hardening muscles and quivering their sleek flanks in anticipation of the hunt.• For weeks, Schwarzenegger has been meeting with other agencies, including William Morris, in anticipation of changing representation.• Nothing looked familiar, and yet he'd gone around the block again and again in anticipation of something like this.• Prime Minister Alberto Pandolfi said that police were securing the area in anticipation of eventual talks between the government and the rebels.• She waited outside in the street, shaking in anticipation of the telephone call.• The Chalice Quilt was made by slaves on a Texas plantation in 1860 in anticipation of a visit from an itinerant bishop.• The house gives the impression of having been abandoned suddenly, in anticipation of some great disaster.• The management at South Forks raised the rent in anticipation of downtown businesses relocating.
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anticipation• By rights, she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now.• We looked out the windows goggle-eyed in anticipation of fiery death.• The king extended the period of the trial in anticipation of objections from the Harrisons' enemies.• In anticipation and retrospect, holidays come into their own.• The crowd's mood was one of anticipation.• Were those somehow frightening sensations of pleasure followed by an instinctive guilt and terrible anticipation?
an·tic·i·pa·tion noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6360 COCA: 6188
anticipation

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + ANTICIPATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤great, keen (especially BrE) 強烈的／殷切的期望▸➤breathless, eager, excited緊張的／熱切的／興奮的期待◇We look forward to your lecture with eager anticipation.我們熱切地期待着聽您的講座。◇Following weeks of breathless anticipation, the winner was announced.經過幾週的緊張等待，終於宣佈了獲勝者。 ➤anxious, nervous急切的／緊張的期盼▸➤growing越來越多人的預料◇There is growing anticipation that the chairman will have to resign.越來越多的人預料主席將不得不辭職。VERB + ANTICIPATION➤be full of充滿期待◇We are full of anticipation, and can't wait to visit you.我們滿懷期待，迫不及待地想去拜訪您。➤heighten使更加期盼◇These brief glimpses heightened their anticipation of when they could be together.幾次短暫的相見讓他們更加期盼能有相聚的時刻。PREPOSITION➤in anticipation of預計⋯◇People are buying extra groceries in anticipation of heavy snowstorms.人們預計會有強烈暴風雪來襲，正在多購買一些食品雜貨。PHRASES➤a feeling of anticipation, a sense of anticipation期待的感覺◇There was a sense of anticipation in the audience as the curtain went up for the premiere.首次公演的幕布升起，觀眾們滿懷期待。➤a shiver of anticipation, a thrill of anticipation因期待而顫抖／激動◇The unexpected news sent a thrill of anticipation through the group.這個出人意料的消息使整個群體都滿懷期待。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6360 COCA: 6188
anticipation noun
⇨ expectation
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6360 COCA: 6188
anticipation
Feelings of pleasure and excitement: pleasure, excitement, enthusiasm...

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