expectation (EN)
名词

名词 “expectation”

sg. expectation, pl. expectations or uncountable
  1. 预期
    The children's eyes gleamed with expectation of ice cream after dinner.
  2. 期望(多指对积极结果的希望)
    The children had high expectations for the trip to the amusement park.
  3. 期待(多指对应发生的事情的强烈信念)
    The new software did not meet the expectations we had.
  4. 期望值
    The expectation of rolling a die is 3.5, since it's the average of all possible outcomes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) over a large number of rolls.