hopes

英 [həʊps] 美 [hoʊps]

v.  希望，期望(某事发生)
n.  希望; 期望; 希望的东西; 期望的事情; 被寄予希望的人(或事物、情况)
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  1. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. I hope to get a job within the next two weeks...
      我希望能在未来两周内找到一份工作。
    4. The researchers hope that such a vaccine could be available in about ten years' time...
      研究人员期望能在大约10年内研制出这样的疫苗。
    5. 'We'll speak again.' — 'I hope so.'
      “我们以后再谈。”——“希望如此。”
    6. 'Will it happen again?' — 'I hope not, but you never know.'
      “这事还会再发生吗？”——“但愿不会，但谁知道呢。”
  2. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. I always knew it was too much to hope for.
      我一直都知道这是个奢望。
    3. ...these mountains, which no one can hope to penetrate.
      没有人能有望深入其中的这些大山
    4. Hope is also a noun.
    5. The only hope for underdeveloped countries is to become, as far as possible, self-reliant...
      欠发达国家的唯一出路就是尽可能做到自力更生。
    6. The car was smashed beyond any hope of repair.
      汽车被撞烂了，修复无望。
  3. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. But Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit...
      但凯文仍没有放弃康复的希望。
    3. Consumer groups still hold out hope that the president will change his mind...
      消费者团体仍期望总统会回心转意。
    4. Thousands of childless couples are to be given new hope by the government.
      政府将为数千对无子女的夫妇带来新的希望。
  4. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. My hope is that, in the future, I will go over there and marry her.
      我的希望是将来能去那里和她结婚。
  5. 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 .
    1. ...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
    2. 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。
  6. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  7. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  8. 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.
    1. 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。
  9. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. He had no great hopes for the success of his undertaking.
      他对自己事业的成功不抱太大希望。
  10. 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.
    1. 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。
  11. 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.
    1. I hope you don't mind me coming to see you...
      希望你不介意我来见你。
    2. I hope I haven't said anything to upset you.
      但愿我没有说过让你不高兴的话。
  12. 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.
    1. You're not trying to see him, I hope?...
      但愿你不是想要去见他吧？
    2. I hope you won't be too harsh with the girl...
      希望你不要对那个女孩太严厉。
    3. Are we starting that again? I most sincerely hope not.
      我们又要旧事重提了吗？我真的希望不要。
  13. 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.
    1. I'm the best man for the job, I hope...
      希望我是那份工作的最佳人选。
    2. Fraulein Wendel is well, I hope?
      我想文德尔小姐一切都好吧？
  14. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  15. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  16. 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.
    1. 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。
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双语例句

  1. I must warn you against raising your hopes.
    我必须警告你不要期望过高。
  2. Rockwell hopes the program can be on the air within a year
    罗克韦尔希望该节目能在一年内播出。
  3. Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
    利率有望早日下调，从而增强了人们的信心。
  4. His loss would be a crushing blow to Liverpool's title hopes.
    他的缺阵将是对利物浦队夺冠希望的致命打击。
  5. The announcement dashed hopes of an early end to the crisis
    这一宣告使得人们期盼危机早日结束的希望落了空。
  6. The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return.
    那条消息使她对理查德归来的希望彻底破灭。
  7. His hopes for a new political party have little chance of reaching fruition.
    他期盼出现一个新政党的愿望几乎不可能实现。
  8. The President's hopes for the country were high-minded, but too vague
    总统对国家的期望是很高尚的，但却过于模糊。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. He had no great hopes for the success of his undertaking.
    他对自己事业的成功不抱太大希望。
  13. Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears.
    正如世纪之交时那样，我们再次在巨大的希望和忧虑之间彷徨不定。
  14. He hopes to be able to announce a date for inter-party talks.
    他希望能宣布一个党际会谈的日期。
  15. She hopes to lease the building to students
    她希望把房子租给学生。
  16. Kiev hopes to cement close links with Bonn
    基辅希望能加强与波恩的密切关系。
  17. In the long term the company hopes to open in Moscow and other major cities
    公司的长期目标是希望在莫斯科和其他大城市开门营业。
  18. The Vietnam War dashed President Johnson's hopes of a second term of office
    越南战争使约翰逊总统连任的希望破灭了。
  19. A senior UN official hopes to visit Baghdad this month.
    一位联合国高级官员希望于本月访问巴格达。
  20. They have started pouring out their hearts and expressing their hopes and fears about the present situation
    他们开始敞开心扉，诉说他们对目前局势的希望和担忧。
  21. Those are our hopes; we are starting this clinical trial to investigate whether those hopes will be realised.
    那些就是我们的希望；我们正在开展这些临床试验以调查那些希望是否可以实现。
  22. A run on sterling has killed off hopes of a rate cut
    对英镑的抢购已经完全扼杀了降低汇率的希望。
  23. The government now hopes to seize the initiative on education.
    如今政府希望抓住教育上的主动权。
  24. Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.
    匈牙利可能不得不降低其缩小国家军事管制区的期望。
  25. The similarities between Mars and Earth were enough to keep alive hopes of some form of Martian life.
    火星和地球之间的诸多相似处足以让人们对火星上存在某种生物抱以希望。
  26. Political hopes for a swift and smooth transition to democracy have been dashed
    迅速而顺利地过渡到民主体制的政治希望破灭了。
  27. He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors
    他制订了几条原则，希望可以引导继任者。
  28. The election had raised hopes that remain unfulfilled.
    选举唤起了未偿的心愿。
  29. All their hopes were destroyed.
    他们的一切希望都破灭了。
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