anticipation

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n. 预期, 预料 [医] 提前出现(如遗传病)

发音

UK /ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/
其它
US /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/
US /ɛənˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/
AU /ænˌtɪs.ə.pæɪ.ʃən/

词形变化

anticipations 复数 anticipations

教材释义与例句

名词

希望；预感；先发制人；预支

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

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    Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.

  2. 2.

    The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

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    He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.

    He waited in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas.

    November 20, 1836, Samuel Thodey, The Honour Attached to Eminent Piety and Usefulness anticipation of that final hour which he had long contemplated as near at hand

  3. 3.

    Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.

    可数 不可数 商务 金融
  4. 4.

    Prolepsis.

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  5. 5.

    A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.

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  6. 6.

    Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

    可数 废旧 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

expectation prediction expectancy prevision

上位词 5

prospect reasoning expectation outlook hopefulness

下位词 10

hope prophecy suspense projection life expectancy adumbration foreshadowing prefiguration prognostication vaticination

词源

From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem.

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