| 词汇 | hope-against-hope |
| 释义 | hope against hopeidiom to hope very strongly that something will happen, although you know it is not likely: 抱着万一的希望，存一线希望 They're just hoping against hope that she's still alive.他们对她还活着仍抱一线希望。 Hoping and hopefulness appealingly beyond someone's expectations boosterish boosterism bright spot fancy hopeful hopefully hopefulness ill it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom la-la land over-optimistic over-optimistically pin your hopes on something/someoneidiom pious pipe dream please Godidiom positively wing Examples of hope against hopehope against hope When you have a family and are desperate for accommodation you hopeagainsthope that it will be all right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no consolation to us, although we hopeagainsthope that someone will come along for the factory when it is built. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other respects we must do our best for those who are away and who, we hopeagainsthope, will return. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those loved ones are not at rest; people hopeagainsthope for their return, setting places for them at family celebrations such as weddings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hopeagainsthope that wiser counsels will still prevail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Probably they hope—it may be even hopeagainsthope—that somehow or other matters will come right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should have set a cut-off point, but we failed to do so and now we have to continue and hopeagainsthope for success. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I hopeagainsthope that there will be no war, but the world must grapple with evil and not avert its gaze or pass by on the other side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When used as a noun, avos means hit or miss, hopeagainsthope, or something done under risk and in the hope for good result in the end. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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