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单词 expectant
释义
expectant
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspek.tənt/us
/ɪkˈspek.tənt/

expectantadjective(THINKING)

thinkingthat somethingpleasantorexcitingis going tohappen:
（对愉快或令人激动的事情）期待的，渴望的，盼望的
the children's expectantfaces孩子们充满渴望的表情
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Planning, expecting and arranging
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim atsomething
  • bargain
  • I might have knownidiom
  • I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
  • insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
  • in the pipelineidiom
  • in the worksidiom
  • planner
  • provision
  • purposefully
  • purposely
  • put the cart before the horseidiom
  • puttheirheads togetheridiom
  • rearrange
  • settle
  • sleeve
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expectantadjective(PREGNANT)

[before noun]
used to refer to a woman who ispregnantor a man whosepartnerispregnant:
怀孕的；将要成为父母的
expectantmothers/fathers/couples准妈妈／爸爸／父母
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Obstetrics: pregnancy
  • antenatally
  • baby brain
  • broodiness
  • carry
  • child
  • expected
  • miscarriage
  • morning sickness
  • pregnancy
  • pregnant
  • pro-abortion
  • pro-life
  • pudding
  • reconceive
  • right to life
  • stretch marks
  • surrogate
  • trimester
  • trouble
  • unborn
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Related word

expectantly
(Definition ofexpectantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

expectant| American Dictionary

expectant
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ɪkˈspek·tənt/
An expectantmother/father/parentis someone whosechildhas notyetbeenborn.
(Definition ofexpectantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpectant

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In this case theexpectantvoid is merely an extension of the roadie cabaret.
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Distilling melodic motion to the mostexpectantand abbreviated of half cadences, the motive makes a strong impression of incompleteness and immediate demand.
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After their formation period, they would be inscribed in the first class ofexpectantofficials.
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Few studies have been done on theexpectantmanagement of patients with cholelithiasis diagnosed by planned investigation, and results are conflicting.
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Information toexpectantparents concerning the consequences of the examination-and the opportunity to refuse the exam-should be improved, particularly when fetal anatomy is studied.
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The natural history of preterm ruptured membranes: what to expect ofexpectantmanagement.
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The ultrasound expert intermediary has maximized the power for intervention of anexpectantfather or of other societal forces.
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What they have in common is that they are moving out from or away from a starting-point, creatingexpectanttensions.
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Experienceexpectantand dependent processes carry enormous adaptive advantages for the infant.
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In theexpectantmanagement group 11 had spontaneous onset of labour and delivery before 33 weeks.
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Basic emotional-action systems may project feelings onto objects in the world, creating mood-congruent experience-expectantcognitions essential for empathetic responses.
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Though it made for thrilling newspaper copy, anexpectantpublic were horrified by the tragedy; sensational news was soon followed by bitter charges and debates.
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For example ex-mental patients andexpectantunmarried fathers are similar in that their failing is not readily visible; the blind, however, are easily seen.
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The aim ofexpectantmanagement is to delay delivery until fetal lung maturity is reached which in general is regarded as 37 weeks gestation.
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If theexpectantenvironmental input is not provided during the sensitive period window, then normal development does not occur.
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