/həʊp ||; hop/noun1 [C,U] (a) hope (of/for sth);(a) hope of doing sth;(a) hope that... the feeling of wanting sth to happen and thinking that it will 希望: What hope is there for the future? 未来还有什么希望?There is no hope of finding anybody else alive. 再没有希望找到其他生还者了。David has high hopes of becoming a jockey (= is very confident about it). 戴维对成为骑师充满信心。· She never gave up hope that a cure for the disease would be found. 她坚信总有一天能找到治愈这种疾病的方法。
2 [sing] a person, a thing or a situation that will help you get what you want 带来希望的人、事物或情况: Please can you help me? You're my last hope. 求你帮帮我,你是我最后的指望了。
dash sb's hopes (of sth/of doing sth)→
DASH²
in the hope of sth/that… because you want sth to happen 抱着…的希望:
I came here in the hope that we could talk privately. 我到这里来,是想跟你单独谈谈。 pin (all) your hopes on sb/sth→
PIN²
a ray of hope→
RAY