| 词汇 | false-hopes |
| 释义 | false hopes noun[ plural ] uk /ˌfɒls ˈhəʊps/ us /ˌfɑːls ˈhoʊps/ confident feelings about something that might not be true: 奢望 raise false hopesI don't want to raise any false hopes, but I believe your son is still alive.我并不是想让你心存奢望，但我相信你的儿子还活着。 Unreal things and unreality alternate reality alternative reality birther cloud cuckoo land delusion fairyland fallacy falsity fantasy fictionalization la-la land make believephrase never-never land non-fact non-factual phantom pie pie in the skyidiom unreality untruth Examples of false hopesfalse hopes It is not uncommon for family members to substitute falsehopes of cure for a realistic appraisal of the patient's prospects for recovery of consciousness. Such a question gives parents falsehopes and unrealistic expectations, expectations that inevitably lead to demands for more and more interventions and the risk of further complications. When a potential new therapy holds out promise of dramatic cures we should, of course, be cautious, if only to dampen falsehopes of an early treatment. Unlike objects that could be examined in the field or brought home for study, such reports were difficult to assess, although quite capable of exciting falsehopes for a time. In this area, far too many falsehopes have been awakened for many years, instead of genuinely looking at alternatives. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I also realise that it must be based on realism and that falsehopes should not be created. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This is the weakness in this concept, and nothing would be worse than raising falsehopes here. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English All this does is to give falsehopes to the general public which it will then be impossible to fulfil. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It would be wrong to raise falsehopes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem, however, is that we cannot overstep our authority because we absolutely cannot give the citizens falsehopes that will inevitably be dashed. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I do not want raise falsehopes on their part, but such hopes are more realistic than any for the past 30 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of them have been subjected to falsehopes before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to raise any falsehopes, but, of course, once again anything that he says will be considered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that they have held out falsehopes to intending emigrants, who have been misled by allurements into going to certain countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry to say that in some cases falsehopes are being raised again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of false hopes 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. |
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