| 词汇 | example_english_vain-hope |
| 释义 | vain hopecollocation in Englishmeanings of vainand hopeThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with hope. vain adjective uk /veɪn/ us /veɪn/ unsuccessful; of ... See more at vain hope noun[C or U] uk /həʊp/ us /hoʊp/ something good that you want to happen in the future, or a confident feeling about what will happen in ... See more at hope Examples of vain hopeThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. This is a vainhope. That is a vainhope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it seems a vainhope that decent performing texts would somehow radically change the general view of opera history. It was a vainhope, of course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This may be a vainhope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that is a vainhope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will that be a vainhope? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But perhaps that is a vainhope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should not call it a vainhope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know, today, that this was a vainhope. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I think that it will be a vainhope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it a vainhope that we will have ceased our fascination with controversy, and instead hand out the accolades to the champions of co-operation? That may be a vainhope, but one lives in expectation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that that is not a vainhope and that we can get some action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They remained there in the vainhope of returning to the pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was a little surprised that he thought that that was a vainhope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a vainhope, utterly without any foundation or probability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mines were subsidised in the vainhope of achieving profitability. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Unfortunately, you are perhaps right and it has been a vainhope. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They should be given a time when they know they will be treated, rather than a vainhope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to the past primarily in the vainhope that perhaps one can get things right for the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He cannot get away with doling out a little conscience money in the vainhope of buying peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that that is a vainhope, given the reluctance of some member states to make any concessions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be far more effective than buying shares in the vainhope of obtaining sensitive information in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were always told to keep down prices in the vainhope of persuading other publicans to reduce the price of beer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of vain Go to the definition of hope See other collocations with hope |
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