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 expectant [iks'pektәnt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 预期者, 期待者, 候选人

a. 预期的, 期待的

[医] 预期的, 等待的


  1. With expectant faces, children are waiting for the drama to start.
    孩子们眼巴巴地等候话剧开始。
  2. Relating to or being a method of childbirth in which the expectant mother is prepared psychologically and physically to give birth without the use of drugs.
    心理助产法的与一种生孩子方法有关的或这种方法的,在该法中怀孕的母亲不借助麻醉药而是在心理和身体上作充分的准备
  3. He's expectant of going abroad.
    他期望到国外去。


expectant
[ adj ]
  1. marked by eager anticipation

  2. <adj.all>
    an expectant hush
  3. in an advanced stage of pregnancy

  4. <adj.all>
    was big with child
    was great with child


Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of
expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the
efforts of nature, with little active treatment.

{Expectant estate} (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under
{Expectancy}.


Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, n.
One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope
of receiving some good.

An expectant of future glory. --South.

Those who had employments, or were expectants. --Swift.

  1. Thus was born a business empire: Beegotten Creations, a whimsical little company that aims to provide novelty items to every expectant relative.
  2. Abuse against expectant mothers happens in all racial and socioeconomic groups, said Anne Stewart Helton, a community health nurse consultant at Texas Women's University.
  3. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, for instance, urges all expectant mothers over 35 to undergo amniocentesis to learn whether the fetus has birth defects.
  4. The Women, Infants and Children supplementary program, which didn't even exist a decade ago, now provides three million expectant mothers with feeding supplements.
  5. It wasn't a huge jackpot, but it was fun for Hope Allen, one of the six expectant mothers who picked up their winnings Tuesday outside Memorial Hospital.
  6. But even extensive prenatal programs do little if expectant mothers fail to take advantage of them.
  7. The bar opens and the tinkle of ice in thin glasses mingles with the chatter of expectant guests.
  8. The appeal was filed by Ritaellen Murphy and Penny Greenwood, two nurses who said the settlement does not adequately protect the health of expectant mothers.
  9. A husband and wife team conducts guided tours at Houston's Woman's Hospital for expectant grandparents.
  10. Amid the hostility and crime of New York's hotels for the homeless, hundreds of expectant mothers mark time.
  11. The procedure should not replace standard testing yet, but in the future it may provide faster and cheaper results for expectant couples, said Stephen Turner of Oncor Inc.
  12. A 34-year-old man stabbed to death a family of four, including two toddlers and an expectant mother, police said today.
  13. In one episode, Big Bird accompanied Maria to the obstetrician. The expectant mothers and their doctor seemed unfazed by the presence of an eight-foot-tall yellow fowl in the office.
  14. Slowly, slowly, take your time.' It could have been a relaxation class for expectant mothers.
  15. The Bush administration has proposed an expansion of Medicaid eligibility for expectant mothers, he said, and a White House commission on infant mortality is planning to introduce other proposals in about two months.
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