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verb + expectantly
expectantly 作方式副词时放在动词之后，表示“带着期待地做某事”。
She smiled expectantly.
她期待地笑了。
期待地；期盼地
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期待地；期盼地
in an expectant manner
She smiled expectantly.
她期待地笑了。
期待地
In an expectant manner.
The children looked expectantly at the wrapped presents under the tree.
孩子们期待地看着圣诞树下的礼物。
She waited expectantly by the phone, hoping for news about her job application.
她期待地守在电话旁，希望能收到求职的消息。
The audience sat expectantly as the lights dimmed and the show began.
灯光暗下、演出开始时，观众们期待地坐着。
expectantly 作方式副词时放在动词之后，表示“带着期待地做某事”。
She smiled expectantly.
她期待地笑了。
expectantly 也可放在动词前，意思与放在动词后基本相同。
She expectantly opened the gift.
她期待地打开了礼物。
要说明期待的对象时，常用 at 或 for 引出介词短语。
He looked expectantly at the menu.
他期待地看着菜单。
Not this
She waited expectant for the bus.
Use this
She waited expectantly for the bus.
修饰实义动词 waited 要用副词，而 expectant 是形容词，不能修饰动词，所以改为副词 expectantly。
Not this
The expectantly students looked at the teacher.
Use this
The expectant students looked at the teacher.
students 是名词，需要形容词修饰；expectantly 是副词，不能修饰名词，所以改为形容词 expectant。
Not this
He opened the letter expectedly.
Use this
He opened the letter expectantly.
expectedly 表示“按预期地”，与想要表达的“期待地”意思不同；表示“以期待的神情或心情”应使用副词 expectantly。
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期待地等待
The children waited expectantly for the magician to begin.
孩子们期待地等待着魔术师开始。
期待地看着某人
She looked at him expectantly, hoping for an answer.
她期待地看着他，希望能得到回答。
期盼地凝视
The dog gazed expectantly at the plate of food.
狗期盼地凝视着那盘食物。
期待地听着
We listened expectantly for the sound of footsteps.
我们期待地听着脚步声。
期待地转向某人
He turned to his colleague expectantly, waiting for approval.
他期待地转向同事，等待批准。
期待地观看
The audience watched expectantly as the curtain rose.
观众期待地看着帷幕升起。
Use expectantly naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象小狗 expectantly 盯着你手里的零食：尾巴摇摇，满眼期盼。
语域：neutral 常见场景：叙事描写、新闻报道、正式讲话或书面语 “expectantly”是比较中性的副词，通常用于书面叙述或正式交流中，多出现在描写某人带着期待做某事的场景；日常口语中虽可说，但不算特别常见。
All six words end in the unstressed syllable /əntli/, just like expectantly (/ɪkˈspɛktəntli/): five are spelled -antly (constantly, instantly, importantly, reluctantly, elegantly), while recently is spelled -ently, but the vowels a and e are both reduced to /ə/. Because the main stress falls on an earlier syllable in each word, none of these are true rhymes with expectantly. Watch out for similar-looking words like defiantly (/dɪˈfaɪəntli/) and brilliantly (/ˈbrɪliəntli/): they also end in -iantly, but they have an extra vowel before /əntli/, so they sound different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.