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VERB
希望;期望
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.
例句
She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray...
她打定主意必須像平時一樣生活，遵循自己通常的作息規律，同時懷抱希望、虔誠祈禱。
He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation...
他離開前有些猶豫，幾乎像是他一直期望能夠交談點什么。
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VERB
指望;奢望
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.
例句
Things aren't ideal, but that's the best you can hope for...
事情并不理想，但你只能指望這樣了。
I always knew it was too much to hope for.
我一直都知道這是個奢望。
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N-UNCOUNT
（對未來的）希望，期望，指望
Hope is a feeling of desire and expectation that things will go well in the future.
例句
Now that he has become President, many people once again have hope for genuine changes in the system...
既然他已當上了總統，很多人又再次看到了進行真正的體制改革的希望。
But Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit...
但凱文仍沒有放棄康復的希望。
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N-COUNT
希望;期望;盼望
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.
例句
They have hopes of increasing trade between the two regions...
他們希望增進兩個地區之間的貿易。
The delay in the programme has dashed Japan's hopes of commercial success in space...
該計劃的拖延使得日本在太空獲得商業性成功的希望化為泡影。
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N-COUNT
被寄予希望的人（或事物）
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 .
例句
...England's last hope in the English Open Table Tennis Championships...
英格蘭隊在英國乒乓球公開錦標賽中的最后希望
Roemer represented the best hope for a businesslike climate in Louisiana.
羅默最有希望給路易斯安那州帶來務實高效之風。
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PHRASE
從最好的方面想;抱樂觀的希望
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.
例句
I took the risk and hoped for the best...
我冒了這個險，心里祈禱能夠諸事順利。
Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best.
有些公司在削減成本，希望一切好轉。
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PHRASE
（不應）抱有很大的希望
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.
例句
There is no reason for people to get their hopes up over this mission...
不必對這次行動抱太大希望。
I don't want you to build your hopes up, but I'll have a word with Fred tomorrow.
我不想讓你抱很大希望，但我明天會和弗雷德說一聲的。
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PHRASE
沒有一線希望;毫無機會
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.
例句
Everybody knows they haven't got a hope in hell of forming a government anyway.
眾人皆知他們根本就無力組建政府。
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PHRASE
很高期望;很大希望;厚望
If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
例句
I had high hopes that Derek Randall might play an important part...
我對德里克·蘭德爾發揮重要作用寄予厚望。
Britain's three-day event team has high hopes of winning the Olympic gold medal...
英國隊有很大希望贏得奧運會馬術三日賽的金牌。
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PHRASE
存一線希望;抱著萬分之一的希望
If you hope against hope that something will happen, you hope that it will happen, although it seems impossible.
例句
She glanced about the hall, hoping against hope that Richard would be waiting for her.
她眼睛掃過大廳，對理查德會在那里等她仍懷有一絲希望。
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PHRASE
（表示禮貌）我希望，但愿
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.
例句
I hope you don't mind me coming to see you...
希望你不介意我來見你。
I hope I haven't said anything to upset you.
但愿我沒有說過讓你不高興的話。
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PHRASE
（表示警告他人不要做愚蠢或危險的事）我希望，但愿
You say 'I hope' when you want to warn someone not to do something foolish or dangerous.
例句
You're not trying to see him, I hope?...
但愿你不是想要去見他吧？
I hope you won't be too harsh with the girl...
希望你不要對那個女孩太嚴厲。
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PHRASE
（表示更加禮貌和委婉）我希望，我想
You add 'I hope' to what you are saying to make it sound more polite and less rude or less definite.
例句
I'm the best man for the job, I hope...
希望我是那份工作的最佳人選。
Fraulein Wendel is well, I hope?
我想文德爾小姐一切都好吧？
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PHRASE
懷著（…發生的）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.
例句
He was studying in the hope of being admitted to an engineering college...
他努力學習，希望能被一所工程學院錄取。
We will be analysing all the things she has told us in the hope that we can locate the person responsible.
我們將分析她告訴我們的所有事情，希望能找出罪魁禍首。
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PHRASE
（在不太可能的情況下）對…繼續抱有希望，癡心妄想
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.
例句
I just live in hope that one day she'll talk to me...
我只是妄想著有一天她會和我說話。
My mother bought lots of tickets and lived in hope of winning the prize.
我母親買了很多彩票，一心希望能中大獎。
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CONVENTION
毫無希望;絕無可能
If you say 'Some hope', or 'Not a hope', you think there is no possibility that something will happen, although you may want it to happen.
例句
The industry reckons it will see orders swell by 10% this financial year. Some hope.
業界估計本財年訂單會增加10%。這絕對不可能。