Great Expectations
/ˌɡreɪt ekspekˈteɪʃnz/
/ˌɡreɪt ekspekˈteɪʃnz/
- a novel (1861) by Charles Dickens. It is the story of a young man, Pip, who helped a prisoner to escape when he was a boy. Later, the man sends him money, but Pip thinks that it comes from the family of Estella, the girl he loves. He moves to London, expecting to become rich and to marry Estella. He is cruel to the people who looked after him as a child, because he is ashamed of their poverty, but when the money stops coming, and Estella marries somebody else, he goes back to them and learns to be a better person.
伟大的期望：查尔斯·狄更斯的小说（1861年）。这是一个年轻人的故事，皮普（Pip）在一个男孩子的时候帮助囚犯逃脱了。后来，该男子给他寄了钱，但皮普认为这钱来自他所爱的女孩埃斯特拉的家人。他移居伦敦，期望变得富有并嫁给Estella。他对那些小时候照顾他的人很残忍，因为他为他们的贫穷感到羞耻，但是当钱不再来了，而埃斯特拉（Estella）嫁给别人时，他又回到他们身边，学会做一个更好的人。