0 to want something to happen or to be true, and usually have a good reason to think that it might -- 希望，盼望
"Will you be at the meeting tomorrow?" "I hope not/so". ｢你明天會參加那個會議嗎？｣ ｢恐怕不行／我想是的。｣
It's good news, I hope. 我希望是好消息。
[ + to infinitive ] They hope to visit us next year. 他們希望明年能來我們這裡作客。
We have to hope and pray (that) the operation will go well. 我們只能祈禱手術順利。
I hope (that) she'll win. 我希望她能贏。
[ + (that) ] She's hoping (that) she won't be away too long. 她希望她不會離開太久。
1 something good that you want to happen in the future, or a confident feeling about what will happen in the future -- 希望，祈望
I don't hold out much hope of getting (= I don't expect to be able to get) a ticket. 我對得到票不抱多大希望。
I didn't phone until four o'clock in the hope that you'd be finished. 我一直到四點才打電話是希望這時你就已經完成了。
The letter offered us a glimmer/ray of (= a little) hope. 這封信給了我們一線希望。
We never gave up hope (= stopped hoping) that she would be found alive. 我們從未放棄她能夠生還的希望。
The situation is now beyond/past hope (= unlikely to produce the desired result). 現在的情況已經毫無希望了。
She's very ill, but there's still hope/we live in hope (= we think she might be cured). 她病得非常嚴重，但是仍有希望／我們覺得仍有希望。
They have pinned (all) their hopes on (= they are depending for success on) their new player. 他們把（所有）希望都寄託在新隊員身上。
Young people are growing up in our cities without any hope of finding a job. 城市裡的年輕人一天天長大，卻根本沒有希望找到工作。
[ + that ] Is there any hope that they will be home in time? 他們有沒有希望及時回到家?
Is there any hope of getting financial support for the project? 這個案子有沒有希望得到資金上的援助?
What are your hopes and dreams for the future? 你對未來有甚麼希望和夢想？
But each introduces important ideas, and makes a real contribution to debates that one hopes will continue.
I hope that this will help to explain the many and various definitions of the concept of successful ageing.
Age-related differences in hope scores were also found in this study.
The physicians agreed totally, and simply claimed that the intervention sought by the parents had no reasonable hope of promoting that end.
The prospect of eight levels of attainment in the revised curriculum of 2000 held out little hope for a more reasonable approach.
Yet these are precisely the kinds of reactions that promote abdication of control and hope on the part of those suffering from mental disorder.
Perhaps it was too much to hope that it could have been otherwise.
As teachers perhaps that is one of the things we can hope for.
