mass noun
1
- a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen希望：
he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information
他仔细翻看了她的东西, 希望发现一些情况
count noun I had high hopes of making the Olympic team.我对于入选这支奥林匹克队伍寄予厚望。
1.1
- count noun a person or thing that may help or save someone被寄予希望的人（或物）：
their only hope is surgery.
他们唯一的希望是外科手术。
1.2
- grounds for believing that something good may happen好的迹象, 希望：
he does see some hope for the future.
他确实看到了将来的一些希望。
2
- archaic a feeling of trust〈古〉信赖感。
no obj.
1- want something to happen or be the case希望, 盼望：
he's hoping for an offer of compensation
他希望获得赔偿
with clause I hope that the kids are OK.我希望孩子们都好。
1.1
- with infinitive intend if possible to do something希望能够：
we're hoping to address all these issues.
我们希望能处理所有这些问题。
短语
hope against hope
- cling to a mere possibility抱一线希望：
they were hoping against hope that he would find a way out.
他们抱一线希望他会找到出路。
hope for the best
- hope for a favourable outcome期待最好的结果。
hope springs eternal in the human breast
- proverb it is human nature to always find fresh cause for optimism〈谚〉人心不死, 希望永存。
not a（或some）hope
- informal no chance at all〈非正式〉毫无机会。
派生词
hoper
noun词源
late Old English hopa （noun）, hopian （verb）, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop （noun）, hopen （verb）, and German hoffen （verb）.