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hope

英  [həʊp]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • hopes

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 指望

    Your hope is something that you want to be true or to happen, and that you believe to be possible or likely.

    双语例句

    例：

    The only hope for underdeveloped countries is to become, as far as possible, self-reliant.

    欠发达国家的唯一指望就是尽可能地做到自力更生。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 期望

    Hope is a feeling of desire and expectation that things will go well in the future.

    双语例句

    例：

    Now that he has become president, many people once again have hope for genuine changes in the system.

    既然他已成为总统，许多人又一次寄期望于体制的真正改革。

    例：

    But Kevin hasn't given up hope of getting in shape.

    但是凯文仍没有放弃恢复身材的希望。

    3. [C 可数名词] 希望

    If someone wants something to happen, and considers it likely or possible, you can refer to their hopes of that thing, or to their hope that it will happen.

    双语例句

    例：

    They have hopes of increasing trade between the two regions.

    他们希望增进两个地区之间的贸易往来。

    例：

    My hope is that, in the future, I will go over there and marry her.

    我的希望就是有朝一日我能去那里跟她结婚。

    4. [C 可数名词] 被寄予希望的人（或物）

    If you think that the help or success of a particular person or thing will cause you to be successful or to get what you want, you can refer to them as your hope.

    双语例句

    例：

    Roemer represented the best hope for a businesslike climate in Louisiana.

    罗默最有可能给路易斯安那州带来务实高效的风气。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • hope for the best

    1. 寄予最大希望（尤指在困境中）

    If you are in a difficult situation and do something and hope for the best, you hope that everything will happen in the way you want, although you know that it may not.

    双语例句

    例：

    Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best.

    一些公司在削减成本，希望能有转机。

  • hope against hope

    1. 抱一线希望

    If you hope against hope that something will happen, you hope that it will happen, although it seems impossible.

    双语例句

    例：

    She glanced about the hall, hoping against hope that Richard would be waiting for her.

    她扫视了一下大厅，抱一线希望理查德在等着她。

  • I hope

    1. 我希望（后接否定句，表示客气）

    You use 'I hope' in expressions such as 'I hope you don't mind' and 'I hope I'm not disturbing you', when you are being polite and want to make sure that you have not offended someone or disturbed them.

    双语例句

    例：

    I hope you don't mind me coming to see you.

    我希望你不会介意我来看你。

    2. 但愿（警告某人不要做愚蠢或危险的事）

    You say 'I hope' when you want to warn someone not to do something foolish or dangerous.

    双语例句

    例：

    You're not trying to see him, I hope?

    但愿你不是在想方设法去见他吧？

  • get your hopes up , build your hopes up

    1. 抱太大希望

    If you tell someone not to get their hopes up, or not to build their hopes up, you are warning them that they should not become too confident of progress or success.

    双语例句

    例：

    There is no reason for people to get their hopes up over this mission.

    人们没有理由对这次任务抱有太大的希望。

  • not a hope in hell

    1. 毫无希望（做成某事）

    If you say that someone has not got a hope in hell of doing something, you are emphasizing that they will not be able to do it.

    双语例句

    例：

    Everybody knows they haven't got a hope in hell of forming a government anyway.

    人人皆知他们毫无希望建成一个政府。

  • high hopes , great hopes

    1. 很大的希望

    If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.

    双语例句

    例：

    I had high hopes that Derek Randall might play an important part.

    我对德里克·兰德尔发挥重要作用抱有很大希望。

  • in the hope of , in the hope that

    1. 怀着…的希望

    If you do one thing in the hope of another thing happening, you do it because you think it might cause or help the other thing to happen, which is what you want.

    双语例句

    例：

    He was studying in the hope of being admitted to an engineering course.

    他在学习，希望能被某个工程学科录取。

  • live in hope

    1. （在不大可能的情况下）对…继续抱有希望

    If you live in hope that something will happen, you continue to hope that it will happen, although it seems unlikely, and you realize that you are being foolish.

    双语例句

    例：

    I just live in hope that one day she'll talk to me.

    我只是希望有一天她会和我说话。

    VERB. 动词

  • hopes , hoping , hoped

    1. [I 不及物动词] 希望

    If you hope that something is true, or if you hope for something, you want it to be true or to happen, and you usually believe that it is possible or likely.

    双语例句

    例：

    She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray.

    她已决定自己必须一如既往地过下去，遵循自己的日常生活规律，同时心存希望并祈祷。

    例：

    He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation.

    他离开前有些犹豫，好像希望跟人说些什么。

    2. [I 不及物动词] 指望

    If you say that you cannot hope for something, or if you talk about the only thing that you can hope to get, you mean that you are in a bad situation, and there is very little chance of improving it.

    双语例句

    例：

    Things aren't ideal, but that's the best you can hope for.

    事情并不理想，但你只能指望这些了。

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