He expected his son to be admitted by a key university.

他期待儿子能被重点大学录取。

I expect a response, or I hope for a response.

我期待得到回复，或者期望得到反应。

I live in calm, looking forward to the end.'

我平静地生活，期待着终结。”

Put your best foot forward and hope for the best.

展示你最好一面，期待最好结果。

2 I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former students, fresh from an excursion to Europe. " How was it" ? I asked, full of earnest anticipation.

我觉得我是在最近偶遇我以前一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来。这个学生刚从欧旅游回来。我满怀着诚挚期待问她：" 欧如何？"

I look forward to your valuable advice.

我期待您宝贵建议。

Experts say each time you change your clocks, it's always a good idea to change those batteries in your smoke detector and always look forward to fall when you get that extra hour of sleep.

专家称每次改变时间时候，最好都要换一换烟雾报警器，然后期待着秋天改时间时候再睡个懒觉吧。

I think of long, sweet afternoons, when I may lie and listen to the distant sea, Or hear the breezes in the reeds that sigh, Or insect voices chirping shrill and dry, In fields that wait for me.

我期待，漫长舒适夏季午后，躺卧在地，聆听远处海浪呼吸，微风拂过，传来芦苇深深叹息，虫鸣四起，声声锐利饥渴难耐，绿色田野，等待着我。

There was a palpable sense of expectation in the court.

在法庭上有一种明显期待感。

I am so excited for this exhibit.

我好期待这场展览。

This FBI interview with Hillary Clinton was long anticipated.

外界对联邦调查局约谈希拉里·克林顿期待已久。

Hopefully, they'll switch, expecting us to switch, and it should improve our chances.

希望他们会换选项，而他们在期待着我们会换，这应该会提高我们赢机会。

The rest of the school were happily anticipating their Halloween feast.

学校里其他同学都开心地期待着万圣节宴会。

We hope experts and entrepreneurs can shed light on this field.

在这方面我们也非常期待很多专家、企业家他们一些看法。”

The anticipation of the New Year itself is powerful.

对于新年期待本身是非常具有力量。

But the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest nights.

但他们都拥有同样品质，那就是留有希望。尽管他们正经历着最黑暗夜晚，但也要期待更美好未来。

When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so far.

我少年时代开始写歌时，甚至当我因自己才能而小有知名度时，我对这些歌曲期待都十分很有限。

Even if they don't win, and I don't expect them to, hopefully it'll be an incentive for them to try and improve.

即使他们不会赢，我也不期待他们能赢，但还是希望这能成为让他们不断尝试，进提升动力。

Twelve million people were unemployed, and conventional wisdom said the only thing to do was to ride it out, wait, and hope that things would turn around.

1200万人失业，经验智慧告诉我们唯一能做只有承受，耐心等待，期待事情会慢慢变好。

You must long for the next life.

你一定很期待来世吧。