An expectant mother I know was dreading her baby shower.

我认识的一位准妈妈为产前派对感到担忧。

On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant.

那天下午，我站在门廊里，似乎在默默地期待着什么。

I start on my journey with empty hands and expectant heart.

我带着空空的手望的心。

Don't have an agenda. Just turn up and look expectant.

不要有会议议程。要人出现，并且看起来一脸期待就行了。

It is pretty strange, there is a kind of expectant calm before the storm.

说来也奇怪，满怀期待的气氛好似暴风雨来临前的宁静。

The program called Mama sends maternal advice to expectant and new mothers through text messages.

该项目名叫Mama，向妇初为人母者发送短信提供产妇信息。

They're also urging expectant mothers living in the area to be tested for the virus.

并敦促生活在该地区的待产妇接受寨卡病毒检测。

And then our server arrived, her face expectant.

然后，我们的侍者到了，一脸的期待。

He smiled up with a kind of doggily expectant adoration into the faces of his passengers.

他抬头望着客人们的脸笑了，带着有所期待的崇拜，像条狗。

All were silent, expectant of what was to follow, for this was clearly only a prelude.

大家都不作声，等着下文，觉说了个开场白。

But for this expectant mother, the meat from a few turtles will make all the difference.

但对这个期母亲来讲，几海龟对的帮助很大。

There you go. All the expectant mothers are feeling sad that they cannot afford apples and grapes.

结果呢，所有的准妈妈都很伤心，因为们买不起苹果葡萄。

On either side of him, Professor Karkaroff and Madame Maxime looked as tense and expectant as anyone.

邓布利多两边的卡卡洛夫马克西姆夫人看上去大家一样紧张、满怀期待。

The study found that expectant mothers who carry the gene were more likely to give birth early.

研究发现，携带该基因的准妈妈更有可能早产。

Expectant mothers in New York felt relieved however all future parents have to follow a strict procedure.

纽约的妇们感到如释重负，但所有即将迎来孩子出生的父母都必须遵循严格的程序。

You know, I usually don't say this to expectant mothers, but for God's sake have a Scotch.

我通常不会建议妇这么做，但拜托喝杯酒放放松吧。

Even in cities at first less hard-hit than New York, many expectant mothers avoided hospitals where they could.

甚至在早期受疫情影响，相比纽约较轻的城市，许多准妈妈也尽量避免去医院。

Well, it makes perfect sense. Because you're an expectant mother, you can't drink alcohol. I don't like to.

这很有道理啊，因为你身怀六甲，所以不能喝酒，我是不喜欢喝。

It took two hours in a packed expectant courtroom for the magistrate reaches decision, Oscar Pistorius listening in silence.

在这个拥挤的法庭上，人们充满了期待，地方法官花了两小时才作出决定，奥斯卡·皮斯托利斯安静地听着这一切。

At the same time, they form a community with other expectant mothers and their families.

同时，们与其他准妈妈及其家人组成了一个社区。