kỳ vọng
Definition
Verb:
- To expect: To regard something as likely to happen or to anticipate a particular outcome.
- To hope for / to pin hopes on: To desire and look forward to something with a sense of confidence or aspiration.
Noun:
- Expectation / Hope: A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future; something that is hoped for or anticipated.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cha mẹ luôn kỳ vọng vào con cái. (Parents always have high hopes for their children.)
- Nhà đầu tư kỳ vọng lợi nhuận sẽ tăng. (Investors expect profits to rise.)
- Noun:
- Kỳ vọng của anh ấy là quá cao. (His expectations are too high.)
- Dự án không đáp ứng được kỳ vọng. (The project did not meet expectations.)
Advanced Usage
"Đặt kỳ vọng": to place/put expectations on someone or something.
- Huấn luyện viên đặt nhiều kỳ vọng vào cầu thủ trẻ. (The coach placed many expectations on the young player.)
"Kỳ vọng viển vông" / "Kỳ vọng hão huyền": unrealistic expectations, pipe dreams.
- Đó chỉ là một kỳ vọng viển vông. (That is just an unrealistic expectation.)
Variants and Related Words
- Trông đợi (v): to wait for, to look forward to (often with a similar sense of hopeful expectation).
- Mong đợi (v): to await, to hope for.
Synonyms
- Expect: to anticipate or regard as probable.
- Hope for: to want and expect something to happen.
- Anticipate: to expect or predict.
Related Idioms
- Kỳ vọng càng cao, thất vọng càng đau: The higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
- Anh ấy nên cẩn thận, kỳ vọng càng cao, thất vọng càng đau. (He should be careful; the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment.)