Expectations grew, as candidates not only needed to say the right thing, but also look the part.

期望在增长，候选人不仅要讲正确的事，而且也得看得上去像那种人。

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Any seasoned IT professional undoubtedly has stories to tell about projects that grew so much in scope to ultimately incur costs and resources far exceeding even the most prudent expectations.

毫无疑问，任何老练的IT专业人员都有这样的经历，某些项目的范围扩大太多，以致最终造成成本和资源大大超过最保守的预期。

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European markets had equally high expectations, especially with new figures showing the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than initial estimates in the first half of this year.

欧洲市场也有着同样高的期望，尤其是新的数据显示美国上半年的经济增长速度比预期还要缓慢。

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Some 300 invitations were sent out for the event, which thanks to some unexpected publicity, grew beyond expectations, organizers said.

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FY2010 customer traffic tracked ahead of our expectations and grew by 4% vs. our expectations of 2.5% and average spend amount per visit by customers increased by 3% beating our earlier expectations of 2%.

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