1 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ, oft ADJ that] (人)抱有希望的,满怀希望的 If you are hopeful, you are fairly confident that something that you want to happen will happen. (人)抱有希望的,满怀希望的 [Also + of]
SYN optimistic, confident, assured, looking forward to
2 ADJ-GRADED (征兆、事件等)给人以希望的 If something such as a sign or event is hopeful, it makes you feel that what you want to happen will happen. (征兆、事件等)给人以希望的
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The result of the election in is yet another hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East.
已出炉的选举结果再次显示在中东实现和平是有希望的。
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...hopeful forecasts that the economy will improve.
认为经济会改善的鼓舞人心的预测
SYN promising, encouraging, bright, reassuring
3 ADJ [ADJ n] (行动)被寄予希望的 A hopeful action is one that you do in the hope that you will get what you want to get. (行动)被寄予希望的
4 N-COUNT 希望获得成功的人 If you refer to someone as a hopeful, you mean that they are hoping and trying to achieve success in a particular career, election, or competition. 希望获得成功的人
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