| 释义 |
hopefully/ˈhəʊpfʊli, -f(ə)li/adv. 1 in a hopeful manner 怀着希望地；有希望地 2 (qualifying a whole sentence) disp. it is to be hoped [异议] (修饰整个句子)但愿 hopefully, the car will be ready by then 希望汽车到时能修好■ Usage 用法说明 The use of hopefully in sense 2 is extremely common, but it is still considered incorrect by some people. The main reason is that other such adverbs, e.g. regrettably, fortunately, etc., can be converted to the form it is regrettable, it is fortunate, etc., but hopefully converts to it is to be hoped. This use of hopefully probably arose as a translation of German hoffentlich, used in the same way, and first became popular in America in the late 1960s. Its use is best restricted to informal contexts. hopefully 用于释义 2 已很普遍，但仍有一些人认为不正确。主要原因是其他类似副词如 regrettably ， fortunately 等可以转变为 it is regrettable ， it is fortunate 等形式，但是 hopefully 的转变形式为 it is to be hoped 。这一用法可能来源于德语的 hoffentlich ， 20 世纪 60 年代末流行于美国，但这种用法最好只局限于非正式文体。 |