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an expectant
expectant 作名词时指“期待或等待某事的人”，前面可加不定冠词。
An expectant at the gate looked anxiously at the road.
大门口的一个等待者焦急地看着道路。
期待者；等候者
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期待者；等候者
a person who expects or awaits something
An expectant at the gate looked anxiously at the road.
大门口的一个等待者焦急地看着道路。
期待或等待某事的人。
A person who expects or awaits something.
The expectants outside the theater waited patiently for the actors to arrive.
剧院外的期待者们耐心地等待演员们到来。
She was among the expectants who hoped to win the scholarship.
她也是希望能够获得奖学金的期待者之一。
Each expectant received a number and was told to wait in the hall.
每位等候者都拿到了一个号码，并被要求在厅里等候。
expectant 作名词时指“期待或等待某事的人”，前面可加不定冠词。
An expectant at the gate looked anxiously at the road.
大门口的一个等待者焦急地看着道路。
作“期待者”讲时常用复数，指一群等待的人。
The expectants waited quietly for the announcement.
等待者们静静地等候公告。
Not this
There are many expectant in the hall.
Use this
There are many expectants in the hall.
expectant 作名词时是可数名词，指“期待者/等候者”。表示多个期待者时要用复数 expectants；汉语没有复数标记，容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
His expectant was obvious from his face.
Use this
His expectation was obvious from his face.
expectant 作名词时指“期待的人”，不表示“期待/期望”这种抽象状态；表示心情或预期结果时应用 expectation。
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把expectant拆成expect(期待)和-ant(表人后缀)来记：满怀期待等着某事的人。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、文学或修辞语境 expectant 作名词指“期待者、等候者”，多用于正式书面语或文学修辞语境，日常口语中较少单独使用。
作为名词时表示“期待者”，可数名词，复数形式为 expectants。
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