anticipation

noun

1. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

Synonym: predictionprevision

2. something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

e.g. each of them had their own anticipations
an indicator of expectancy in development

Synonym: expectancy

3. an expectation

Synonym: expectancy

4. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

Synonym: expectation

1. 预期;预料;期望;期盼
Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.

e.g. There's been an atmosphere of anticipation around here for a few days now...
几天来这里一直有一种满怀期待的气氛。
e.g. We await the next volume of this superb edition with keen anticipation.
我们殷切期盼着这本精装版下一卷的面世。

2. 期待着；预计到
If something is done in anticipation of an event, it is done because people believe that event is going to happen.

e.g. Troops in the Philippines have been put on full alert in anticipation of trouble during a planned general strike.
因料到在有组织的大罢工期间可能会出现骚乱，菲律宾的军队已进入全面戒备状态。

1. 期望：上世纪70年代,以其番茄调味酱闻名全球 的亨氏公司(Heinz)播出了一则电视广告,描 述了一个人正在等待浓稠的番茄酱从底朝天的 瓶子里流出的情景,而广告的背景音乐则是卡 尔利.西蒙(Carly Simon)的上榜曲目<>(Anticipation).

2. anticipation

2. 预判：在应对短传带来的威胁时,预判(Anticipation)也是一个有用的属性. 采用短传要求球员拥有优秀的传球(Passing)、预判(Anticipation)、视野(Vision)、创造性(Creativity)、站位(Positioning)和无球跑动(Off the Ball)属性,以及耐力(Stamina)属性.

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3. 预见性：2003年,上诉人向加拿大卫生部申请许可生产Plavix的通用类型(generic version),认为它不会侵犯被上诉人的专利权,因为777号专利具有预见性(anticipation)、显而易见性(obviousness)和属于重复专利(double patenting)因而无效.