pious hope/wish

WANTsomething that you want to be true or to happen, but that is very unlikely 不大可能实现的希望/愿望

All these agreements and ideas remain little more than pious hopes in the present climate.

所有这些协议和想法在目前的环境下都是不可能实现的愿望。

Examples from the Corpus

pious hope/wish• But in the present climate that is a somewhat pious hope.• But these were merely pious hopes.• The international community has so far salved its conscience by voicing a succession of pious hopes.• This may be a pious hope.• Criteria Unless there is a quantitative criterion there is no objective, only a pious hope of better times.

→ pious hope/wish at pious(1)

单词	pious hope/wish
释义	pious hope/wish pious hope/wish WANTsomething that you want to be true or to happen, but that is very unlikely 不大可能实现的希望/愿望 All these agreements and ideas remain little more than pious hopes in the present climate. 所有这些协议和想法在目前的环境下都是不可能实现的愿望。 Examples from the Corpus pious hope/wish• But in the present climate that is a somewhat pious hope.• But these were merely pious hopes.• The international community has so far salved its conscience by voicing a succession of pious hopes.• This may be a pious hope.• Criteria Unless there is a quantitative criterion there is no objective, only a pious hope of better times. → pious hope/wish at pious(1)
随便看	not be out of the wood yet not be scene not be themselves not be up to much not be up to par not-be-up-to-par not beyond the realm(s) of possibility not-beyond-the-realm(s)-of-possibility not be your cup of tea not be your scene not be yourself not blink not bothered not bother head not bother your head not bother yourself not bother yourself/not bother your head not-breathe-a-word not breathe a word not brook not brook something not brook something/brook no something not brook sth not budge an inch not but rather