It was the only good thing I had done, and the only completed thing I had done, since I was first apprised of my great expectations. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
If he has any expectations it is due to the fact that I have never wasted money, and I do not propose to begin to do so now. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
Mr. Fairlie had simply justified my expectations--and there was an end of it. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
What can the fitness of things mean, if not their fitness to a man's expectations? 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
In the first place: I am the daughter of a gentleman of family, and though my father is not rich, I have expectations from an uncle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
In my situation, it would have been the extreme of vanity to be forming expectations on Mr. Crawford. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
She had deceived his expectations; she had lost his good opinion. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Still looking at the fire, he said-- And who pretends to say Fred Vincy hasn't got expectations? 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
It was a comfort to Elizabeth to consider that Jane could not have been wearied by long expectations. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
He was 'only a plasterer,' Little Dorrit said, as a caution to him not to form high social expectations of Plornish. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
O expectations founded on the favor of close old gentlemen! 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
But perhaps your accommodations--your cottage--your furniture--have disappointed your expectations? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
This is the end of the first stage of Pip's expectations. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
There is no knowing what THEY may expect, said the lady, but we are not to think of their expectations: the question is, what you can afford to do. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
It has entirely answered my expectations. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
But now, at the end of the twenty-four hours, all those firm expectations were upset. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
You must know that, although I have used the term 'expectations' more than once, you are not endowed with expectations only. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Similarly, in connection with the storage battery, after having experimented continuously for three years, it was found to fall below his expectations, and its manufacture had to be stopped. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
What he does and what he can do depend upon the expectations, demands, approvals, and condemnations of others. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Their rank, fortune, rights, and expectations will always be different. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
This was the first serious opposition the enemy met with, and I am satisfied was the fatal blow to all his expectations. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
It made me expect good things from you, and you have not disappointed my expectations. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Our expectations of the future grandeur of America are not so magnificent, and, therefore, not so vain and visionary, as you represent them to be. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
Actual tests, long continued under very severe conditions, have shown that the construction is right, and fulfils the most sanguine expectations. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
I have heard a story of a young gentleman who once encouraged flattering expectations, and they did him harm. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
General Meade has more than met my most sanguine expectations. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
But whether Joe knew how poor I was, and how my great expectations had all dissolved, like our own marsh mists before the sun, I could not understand. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
But if by any chance he disappointed my expectations and left the country, then I had no time to lose in arming myself to meet him as I best might. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Besides, I wish at once to tell you my wishes and expectations, and then never again to revert to so painful a subject. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.