hoped-for

ˈhoped-for adjectiveadj [only before noun] written

used to describe something that you want to happen and think is possible or likely 期待的；所希望的

I was at home when the desperately hoped-for call came through.

我在家时接到了满心期待的电话。

Examples from the Corpus

hoped-for• In fact, fears were unfounded and the hoped-for benefit was achieved.• I was in hospital when the desperately hoped-for call came at 10.30 one Monday night.• It will raise fresh worries for the Government that the much hoped-for consumer spending upturn remains beyond the horizon.• Other hoped-for measures include tax breaks for industry to encourage investment and more cash for building projects.• The experiment is bringing many hoped-for outcomes, as well as many unintended ones.• Then, in May 1823, the hoped-for pardon arrived and he was able to resume a normal life at Kinloch.• It was the sort of price any commander had to pay for hoped-for victory.• But a head must in the end tolerate something less than the hoped-for whole being achieved.

单词	hoped-for
释义	hoped-for ˈhoped-for adjectiveadj [only before noun] written used to describe something that you want to happen and think is possible or likely 期待的；所希望的 I was at home when the desperately hoped-for call came through. 我在家时接到了满心期待的电话。 Examples from the Corpus hoped-for• In fact, fears were unfounded and the hoped-for benefit was achieved.• I was in hospital when the desperately hoped-for call came at 10.30 one Monday night.• It will raise fresh worries for the Government that the much hoped-for consumer spending upturn remains beyond the horizon.• Other hoped-for measures include tax breaks for industry to encourage investment and more cash for building projects.• The experiment is bringing many hoped-for outcomes, as well as many unintended ones.• Then, in May 1823, the hoped-for pardon arrived and he was able to resume a normal life at Kinloch.• It was the sort of price any commander had to pay for hoped-for victory.• But a head must in the end tolerate something less than the hoped-for whole being achieved.
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