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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...
她打定主意必须像平时一样生活，遵循自己通常的作息规律，同时怀抱希望、虔诚祈祷。
He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation...
他离开前有些犹豫，几乎像是他一直期望能够交谈点什么。
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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，但你只能指望这样了。
I always knew it was too much to hope for.
我一直都知道这是个奢望。
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N-UNCOUNT
（对未来的）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...
既然他已当上了总统，很多人又再次看到了进行真正的体制改革的希望。
But Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit...
但凯文仍没有放弃康复的希望。
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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...
他们希望增进两个地区之间的贸易。
The delay in the programme has dashed Japan's hopes of commercial success in space...
该计划的拖延使得日本在太空获得商业性成功的希望化为泡影。
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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...
英格兰队在英国乒乓球公开锦标赛中的最后希望
Roemer represented the best hope for a businesslike climate in Louisiana.
罗默最有希望给路易斯安那州带来务实高效之风。
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PHRASE
从最好的方面想;抱乐观的希望
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...
我冒了这个险，心里祈祷能够诸事顺利。
Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best.
有些公司在削减成本，希望一切好转。
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PHRASE
（不应）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...
不必对这次行动抱太大希望。
I don't want you to build your hopes up, but I'll have a word with Fred tomorrow.
我不想让你抱很大希望，但我明天会和弗雷德说一声的。
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PHRASE
没有一线希望;毫无机会
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.
众人皆知他们根本就无力组建政府。
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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...
我对德里克·兰德尔发挥重要作用寄予厚望。
Britain's three-day event team has high hopes of winning the Olympic gold medal...
英国队有很大希望赢得奥运会马术三日赛的金牌。
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PHRASE
存一线希望;抱着万分之一的希望
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.
她眼睛扫过大厅，对理查德会在那里等她仍怀有一丝希望。
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PHRASE
（表示礼貌）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...
希望你不介意我来见你。
I hope I haven't said anything to upset you.
但愿我没有说过让你不高兴的话。
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PHRASE
（表示警告他人不要做愚蠢或危险的事）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?...
但愿你不是想要去见他吧？
I hope you won't be too harsh with the girl...
希望你不要对那个女孩太严厉。
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PHRASE
（表示更加礼貌和委婉）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选。
Fraulein Wendel is well, I hope?
我想文德尔小姐一切都好吧？
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PHRASE
怀着（…发生的）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...
他努力学习，希望能被一所工程学院录取。
We will be analysing all the things she has told us in the hope that we can locate the person responsible.
我们将分析她告诉我们的所有事情，希望能找出罪魁祸首。
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PHRASE
（在不太可能的情况下）对…继续抱有希望，痴心妄想
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...
我只是妄想着有一天她会和我说话。
My mother bought lots of tickets and lived in hope of winning the prize.
我母亲买了很多彩票，一心希望能中大奖。
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CONVENTION
毫无希望;绝无可能
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.
业界估计本财年订单会增加10%。这绝对不可能。