A good way to hold it: your mind has already run ahead to something that has not happened yet. You are still here, but part of you is standing in that future moment — and because you are already there, it changes how you feel and what you do right now.
From the word’s history
From Latin anticipare, from ante- 'before' + capere 'to take' — literally 'to take beforehand'. The word still means grabbing hold of a future moment before it arrives, whether in feeling or in preparation.
追到拉丁文 anticipāre：ante-（在…之前）+ capere（拿、抓住），字面是「事先拿走」。這個「先一步拿到手」的畫面，正好解釋了為什麼這個字可以既指情緒也指準備——不管是先嚐到那份興奮，還是先把東西備好，都是把未來的一部分提早抓到現在來。
Entry origin note (Latin anticipātiō < anticipāre) with the ante- + capere breakdown as given in Merriam-Webster and the Online Etymology Dictionary.
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
anticipationnoun/ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/
- 1
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
- Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.
- So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no feather.
- 2
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
- He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.
- He waited in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas.
- 3
businessfinancePrepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
- 4
Prolepsis.
- 5
entertainmentlifestylemusicA non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
- 6
obsoleteHasty notion; intuitive preconception.
- [M]any Men give themſelves up to the firſt anticipations of their minds, and are very tenacious of the Opinions that firſt poſſeſs them; [...]
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