新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

hopeful

英  [ˈhəʊpfʊl]
    

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1满怀希望的

    If you are hopeful, you are fairly confident that something that you want to happen will happen.

    双语例句

    例:

    I am hopeful this misunderstanding will be rectified very quickly.

    我满怀希望这一误解很快就能得到澄清。

    2(事物)给人以希望的

    If something such as a sign or event is hopeful, it makes you feel that what you want to happen will happen.

    双语例句

    例:

    The result of the election is yet another hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East.

    这次选举的结果是和平有望降临中东的又一征兆。

    3(行为)被寄予希望的

    A hopeful action is one that you do in the hope that you will get what you want to get.

    双语例句

    例:

    We've chartered the aircraft in the hopeful anticipation that the government will allow them to leave.

    我们包租了那架飞机,希望政府会允许他们离开。

    NOUN. 名词
  • hopefuls

    1[C 可数名词] 有希望成功的人

    If you refer to someone as a hopeful, you mean that they are hoping and trying to achieve success in a particular career, election, or competition.

    双语例句

    例:

    His skills continue to be put to good use in his job as coach to young hopefuls.

    在他给这些希望成为明日之星的年轻人担任教练时,他的技能继续得到充分利用。

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