| 释义 |
hope BrE /həʊp/
NAmE /hoʊp/► SEE ALLbe beyond hope (of sth)hold out little, etc. hope (of sth/that…)not hold out any, much, etc. hopehope against hope (that…)hope for the besthope springs eternalI should hope so/notso I should hopein the hope of sthin the hope that…not have a hope in hellnot a hopesome hope(s)!live in hopethe one/a ray of hope
●be beyond ˈhope (of sth)be in a situation where no improvement is possible 毫无希望◆After so many months, the captives were beyond hope of escape and of ever seeing their families again.
过了好多个月之后，俘虏们已无逃跑的希望，也不指望能再见到家人。●hold out little, etc. ˈhope (of sth/that…)●not hold out any, much, etc. ˈhopeoffer little, etc. reason for believing that sth will happen 不抱多大希望◆The doctors did not hold out much hope for her recovery.
医生对她的康复不抱多大希望。●ˌhope against ˈhope (that…)continue to hope for sth, even if this seems useless or foolish 仍抱一线希望；绝望中仍存希望◆It was a couple of days since the earthquake, but the family were still hoping against hope that their son was safe.
地震已经过去好几天了，家人仍然希望他们的儿子能安然无恙。●ˌhope for the ˈbesthope that everything will go well, even if there are doubts that it will 处处往好处想；抱乐观的希望◆There is nothing more the doctors can do. All we can do now is hope for the best.
医生已无能为力了，我们只能往好处想。●ˌhope springs eˈternal (saying) human beings never stop hoping 人总是满怀希望；希望永存人间◆She’s sure that he’ll come back to her one day. I’m not so sure, but hope springs eternal.
她相信总有一天他会回到自己身边。我没她那么有信心，不过人总是充满希望的。 ORIGIN This comes from An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope: ‘Hope springs eternal in the human breast’. 这个习语源于亚历山大 ∙ 蒲柏的散文《人论》：“希望在人类心中生生不息”。●I should ˈhope so/not●so I should ˈhope (spoken) used to say that you feel very strongly that sth should/should not happen 希望如此；希望不会如此◆‘Nobody blames you.’ ‘I should hope not!’
“没人责怪你呀。”“但愿没有！”◆‘She did apologize.’ ‘So I should hope!’
“她道过歉了呀。”“但愿如此！”●in the hope of sth●in the hope that…because you want sth to happen 抱…的希望◆I called early in the hope of catching her before she went to work.
我很早就打了个电话，希望在她上班之前找到她。◆He asked her again in the vain hope that he could persuade her to come (= it was impossible).
他又问了一次，指望能说服她来，但这只是徒劳。●not have a ˌhope in ˈhell (informal) not have any chance at all 毫无机会；不抱希望◆You haven’t got a hope in hell of winning the race — you’re far too slow!
你根本无望取胜，你跑得太慢了！●not a ˈhope●some ˈhope(s)! (BrE, spoken) there is no or little chance of sth happening 毫无希望；妄想◆Some hope of your becoming manager — you’re far too lazy!
你丝毫没有当经理的希望，你太懒了！◆‘Your dad will lend you the money, won’t he?’ ‘Not a hope.’
“你爸爸会借你钱，对吗？”“不要妄想了。”●live in ˈhopebelieve there is a chance that what you want to happen will happen one day 怀有希望◆The situation doesn’t look too good, but we live in hope.情形看起来不太妙，但我们仍抱有希望。◆The Johnsons live in hope that one day their son will come home.约翰逊一家一直希望有一天儿子会回来。●the one/a ray of ˈhopethe one small sign of improvement in a difficult situation （困境中的）一线希望◆They’ve actually stopped fighting, so perhaps there’s a ray of hope after all.事实上他们已经停止争斗，所以可能还有一线希望。◆Our one ray of hope is the bank. They might agree to lend us the money we need.我们唯一还能指望的就是银行了，它们也许会贷给我们所需的钱。 |