| 词汇 | white-hope |
| 释义 | white hope noun[ S ] uk /ˌwaɪt ˈhəʊp/ us /ˌwaɪt ˈhoʊp/ UK a person or thing that people hope will be very successful in the near future: 被寄予厚望的人（或事物） This new car is seen as the great white hope of the industry.这款新车被该行业寄予厚望。 US used, especially in the past to refer to a white person who is expected to be more successful than a black or Hispanic person, for example a boxer or basketball player （尤其在过去，被寄予厚望在拳击或篮球等比赛中胜过黑人或西班牙裔人的）白人 Hoping and hopefulness appealingly beyond someone's expectations boosterish boosterism bright spot fancy hope springs eternalidiom hopeful hopefully hopefulness ill it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom over-optimism over-optimistic over-optimistically pin your hopes on something/someoneidiom pious pipe dream positively wing You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Competitors & participants in sports & games Examples of white hopewhite hope In many ways, organic farming was seen as the great whitehope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was everyone's whitehope for change, but on the whole it has not fulfilled its promise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was the great whitehope of the time, a heavyweight with a punch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a great whitehope that became a great white elephant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because of that flair and the considerable power that he enjoys, he is in a democracy of to-day what we consider the whitehope of the world of truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ross declared the war on drugs as the last whitehope. 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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