hope
verb
noun
həʊp verb
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hope something will happen
to want something to happen or be true and to believe that it is possible or likely Do not say 不要说 that you ‘hope something would happen’. Say 而要说 that you hope something will happen
hope (that)
We hope that more women will decide to join the course.
我们希望更多的女性会决定参加这一课程。
I do hope everything goes well.
我真心希望一切顺利。
It was hoped that the job would be filled by a local person.
希望该职位由当地人来担任。
Let’s just hope someone finds her bag.
希望有人找到她的提包。
I hope to God I haven’t left the car window open.
但愿我没有忘记关车窗。
hope to do sth
Joan’s hoping to study law at Harvard.
琼盼望能到哈佛大学攻读法律。
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We were hoping for good weather.
我们盼望着好天气。
Liam decided to ignore the warning and just hope for the best (=hope that a situation will end well when there is a risk of things going wrong) .
利亚姆决定不理会警告，希望事情顺利。
I rang my parents, hoping against hope (=hoping for something that is very unlikely to happen or be true) that they hadn’t left yet.
我给父母打电话，明知他们很可能已经出门，但是还心怀一丝希望。
I hope the weather will be nice (NOT 不说 I hope the weather would be nice) .
我希望有个好天气。
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I hope so
used to say that you hope something that has been mentioned happens or is true [口] 希望如此 spoken
‘Do we get paid this week?’ ‘I certainly hope so!’
“我们这星期能拿到工资吗？”“当然希望如此！”
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I hope not
used to say that you hope something that has been mentioned does not happen or is not true [口] 但愿不会 spoken
I don’t think I’m busy that day, or at least I hope not.
我想那天我不会很忙，至少我是这样期望的。
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I’m hoping
used to say that you hope something will happen, especially because you are depending on it [口] 我非常希望… spoken
I’m hoping (that)
I’m hoping the car will be fixed by Friday.
我非常希望能在星期五之前修好汽车。
I’m hoping to do sth
We were hoping to see you today.
我们本来以为今天能见到你的。
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I hope (that)
used when you want to be polite and to make sure that you are not interrupting or offending someone [口] 我希望（…）〔用于表示礼貌，确信没有打断别人的话或冒犯别人〕 spoken
I hope I’m not interrupting you.
希望没有打扰你。
I hope you don’t mind me asking, but why are you moving?
希望你不介意我问一下，你为什么搬家？
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I should hope so (too)/I should hope not
used to say that you feel very strongly that something should or should not happen [英，口] 我（也）希望如此/我不希望这样 BrE spoken
‘They’ll get their money back.’ ‘I should hope so too, after being treated like that.’
“他们会把钱要回来的。”“我也希望如此，他们已经吃够苦头了。”
noun
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FEELING
感觉
a feeling of wanting something to happen or be true and believing that it is possible or likely 希望，期望，盼望 C,U
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STH YOU HOPE FOR
希望发生的事
something that you hope will happen 希望发生的事 C
sb’s hope
She told him all her secret hopes and fears.
她把隐藏在心里的所有期望和担忧都告诉了他。
My hope is that by next summer I’ll have saved enough money to go travelling.
我希望的是明年夏天我能攒够钱去旅行。
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CHANCE
机会
a chance of succeeding or of something good happening 机会，可能性 C,U | spoken spoken BrE spoken
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It was rush hour, and there was no hope of getting a seat.
现在是高峰时间，不可能有座位。
It was a desperate plan, with little hope of success.
那是个孤注一掷的计划，实现的可能性很小。
hope (that)
There’s still a faint hope (=small hope) that the two sides will reach an agreement.
双方还是有一丝希望达成协议。
not a hope!
not a hope in hell (of doing sth) spoken (=not even the smallest chance of success) 【口】 （做某事）什么希望也没有！
They don’t have a hope in hell of winning.
他们压根儿没有希望打赢。
some hope/what a hope!
‘Your dad might lend you the car.’ ‘Some hope!’
“你父亲也许会把车借给你。”“想得美！”
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have high/great hopes
to be confident that someone or something will be successful 抱有很高期望
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We have great hopes of her – she’s very talented.
我们对她期望很高，她很有天赋。
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Parents often have such high hopes for their children.
父母总是对自己的孩子抱有很高的期望。
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raise (sb’s) hopes
to make someone feel that it is likely that what they want to happen will happen 使（某人）抱有希望
It wouldn’t be fair to raise her hopes of success.
让她抱有成功的希望并不公平。
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dash/shatter (sb’s) hopes
to disappoint someone by making something that they want to happen seem impossible 使（某人的）希望破灭
The report dashes hopes of an early improvement in the economy.
那份报告使经济很快有起色的希望破灭了。
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get/build sb’s hopes up
to allow someone to believe that what they want to happen is likely to happen 使某人抱有希望
Don’t get your hopes up . There’ll be a lot of people applying for the job.
别期望过高，这份工作有好多人申请。
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be sb’s last/only/best hope
to be someone’s last, only etc chance of getting the result they want 是某人最后/唯一/最好的希望
Please help me. You’re my last hope.
请帮帮我，你是我最后的希望。
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Joshua’s only hope of survival was a heart transplant.
乔舒亚唯一存活的希望就是心脏移植。
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be beyond hope
if a situation is beyond hope, it is so bad that there is no chance of any improvement 没有好转的希望，无可救药
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Some of the houses were beyond hope of repair.
有些房屋已经没有修复的希望了。