" We hope against hope that the 180 missing are still alive somewhere."

“我们希望这艘船上的180名失踪人员还活着。”

Hoping against hope that their home will be safe like this one, left untouched by a previous lava flow when everything else around it was lost.

他们抱着一线希望，希望他们的家能像这座房屋一样安全，周围的一切都被烧毁了，而它却没有受到之前熔岩流的影响。

Feeling jumpy, Harry set off, trying to hold his glasses on straight and hoping against hope he'd be able to find a way out of there.

哈利感到毛骨悚然，要赶快离开那里。他一路努力把眼镜片扶正，心中抱着一线希望，但愿能摸出去。

Feeling jumpy, Harry set off, trying to hold his glasses on straight and hoping against hope he'd be able to find a way out of here.

哈利感到毛骨悚然，要赶快离开那里。他一路努力把眼镜片扶正，心中抱着一线希望，但愿能摸出去。

Tom went about, hoping against hope for the sight of one blessed sinful face, but disappointment crossed him everywhere.

汤姆四处走动，满怀希望地希望看到一张幸福的罪恶面孔，但失望无处不在。

Harry could have told Hagrid it was best not to answer; he stood there in the shadows gritting his teeth, hoping against hope he wouldn't-but it was no good.

哈利真想告诉海格最好别回答。他站在阴影里咬紧牙关，心里存有一丝希望，但愿海格别说傻话——然而无济于事。

In the yellow lamplight of the dining room, she asked Pitty about her finances, hoping against hope that Charles' family might be able to lend her the money she needed.

在饭厅的暗淡灯光下，思嘉问皮蒂的经济状况怎样，她希望事情会出乎她的意料，查尔斯家能够借给她所需要的那笔钱。

So down it came, deposed, disgraced, expelled. And down on his knees went Rembrandt, chopping up his masterpiece, hoping against hope that someone would buy a piece of it. Fat chance.

所以它被取了下来，被人嗤之以鼻扔在一旁，最后伦勃朗不得不跪下来，亲手剪破自己的作品，抱着一线希望会有人来买走一片半片，看来希望很渺茫。

It was a fine, clear day; Ron could not wish for better, and Harry found himself hoping against hope that Ron would not give the Slytherins cause for more rousing choruses of 'Weasley is our King'.

今天晴朗无云，罗恩再也找不出比这更好的天气了，而且哈利发现自己抱着一线希望，但愿罗恩不要再给斯莱特林们机会，让他们热烈地齐声高唱“韦斯莱是我们的王”。

It was a fine, ckar day; Ron could not wish for better, and Harry found himself hoping against hope that Ron would not give the Slytherins cause for more rousing choruses of 'Weasley is our King'.

今天晴朗无云，罗恩再也找不出比这更好的天气了，而且哈利发现自己抱着一线希望，但愿罗恩不要再给斯莱特林们机会，让他们热烈地齐声高唱“韦斯莱是我们的王”。

He lowered his head as if he had hoped against hope that I might dispute the facts, tell him it was all nonsense, that the private investigator was talking rubbish.

他低下头，仿佛希望我能反驳事实，告诉他这都是胡说八道，私家侦探在胡说八道。

I hoped against hope, but it was not until I had reached home that the terrible signs which you see upon my face told me that I had not escaped.

我满怀希望， 但直到我回到家， 你在我脸上看到的可怕迹象告诉我， 我并没有逃脱。

“Medicine for my stomach, ” Ron grunted, and without further ado they sprinted the length of the Slytherin common room, hurled themselves at the stone wall, and dashed up the passage, hoping against hope that Malfoy hadn't noticed anything.

“去拿药治肚子疼。”罗恩含混地咕哝一声。他们不再啰嗦，一下子蹿过斯莱特林的公共休息室，冲向石墙，然后在走廊里撒腿狂奔。他们希望马尔福什么也没有觉察到。

She had hoped against hope that something would keep Melanie Hamilton in Atlanta where she belonged, and the knowledge that even her father approved of her sweet quiet nature, so different from her own, forced her into the open.

她曾经不顾事实地一味希望会有什么事情把媚兰·汉密尔顿留在亚特兰大，因为她就是那里的人呀；而且听到连父亲也完全跟她的看法相反，满口赞赏媚兰那文静的禀性，这就促使她不得不摊开来谈了。

Tyrion twisted around for a look, hoping against hope that it was Duck and Haldon he was hearing. Instead he saw two strangers … and the dwarf, who was standing a few feet away staring at him intently. He seemed somehow familiar.

提利昂扭头看去，满心希望现身的是达克与哈尔顿，结果看见两个陌生人… … 还有早上那位侏儒，正站在几尺外恶狠狠地瞪着他。不知怎的，他觉得对方有些面熟。