in anticipation of

基本解释

The dog drooled in anticipation of his dinner.
那条狗期待着狗食而口水直流。
Expectation is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.
期待是生活着最大的妨碍在明天的预期中遗失了今天.—塞纳卡人
The problem for builders is knowing which Micawberism to follow: how much cash to conserve and how much to invest in anticipation of recovery.
建筑商面临的问题是应遵循米考伯的哪一个格言：多少现金应该储蓄，多少现金用来投资于预期的复苏中。

While the military has not publicly set a date for any major operation in the area, U.N.officials say some 80,000 civilians have fled the region in anticipation of a new offensive.
And instead of this continual anticipation of writing something great, Milton's able to look back and find closure in something already written.
他并没有继续着写一些伟大的作品，而是追溯了过去，并在已完成的作品中寻找着终结。
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And we see in the poem itself an anticipation of the struggle that results eventually in the eighteenth century in the new title of the mask.
我们看到，诗本身是一个预期的斗争,在18世纪面具的新标题中最终出现了。
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Others insist that children would hop around the table in anticipation of John's great creation.
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