/ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/
I'm expecting a call this afternoon.
我今天下午在等一个电话。
The team was expecting the new policy to reduce costs, but the results were mixed.
团队原本预期新政策会降低成本,但结果好坏参半。
“expecting”来自动词 expect 加上现在分词后缀 -ing。expect 源自拉丁语 exspectare,意为“盼望、等待、预料”,由 *ex-*(向外)+ spectare(看)构成,带有“向前看、等待发生”的含义。