n (1)希望(desire for sth to happen with some reason to believe that it will or might happen)[U，C][N (of/for)，Nc]：hold out/give up/abandon～of becoming the president 怀有/放弃/完全放弃当总统的希望;give sb fresh～for future 给某人对未来新的希望;a ray of～一线希望;set/pin all one's～s on sb 全指望某人;have high～s for one's children/of succeedings 对孩子们/成功抱有极大希望;have some/cherish a～that sb will recover 抱着某人将康复的希望;

(2)寄予希望的人(物)(person or thing that seems likely to bring success)[C，通常sing]：He/The drug/The bank is her only (last)～. 他/药/银行是她唯一(最后)的希望。The younger generation is the～of the nation.年轻的一代人是国家的希望。

build up/raise sb's hopes 引起(激发)某人的希望：The new agreement raised their～s for success. 新的协议引起他们对成功的希望。

dash/chatter sb's hopes 使某人失望;使某人的希望破灭：The rain dashed our～s for a picnic.这场雨使我们出去野餐的希望成为泡影。

in the hope of sth/that... 怀着……的希望：go abroad in the～of becoming famous 怀着成名的愿望出国;save money in the～that inflation will stop soon 怀着通货膨胀会很快结束的期望去省钱;

v 1)渴(期)望(desire and expect sth)[I，I+prep (for)，T+that，T+to-inf]：keep on/be～ing for an early spring 一直渴望春天早日到来;～that sb will recover 希望某人康复;～to go to university next year 希望明年能上大学;〖同〗desire，expect，long; 2)希(盼)望(wish sth)[T+n]：I～you are satisfied. 我希望你满意。

hope against hope抱一线希望：The mother continued to～against～although the plane was hours late. 虽然飞机晚点几小时了，这位母亲仍然抱有一线希望。

hope for the best 尽量往好处想;相信一切顺利：It's difficult to know whether we will succeed or not but we're all～ing for the best. 很难知道我们是否能成功，但我们都相信一切会顺利的。

→hopeless adj没有希望的;令人绝望的;hopeful adj(抱)有希望的;

【辨异】 1)名词hope与wish的区别：hope表示希望，但含有一定的客观可能性，例如：I have no hope of going there.(我没有可能到那儿去。);wish(期望)完全表示一种主观的愿望，如：I have no wish to go there. (我不想去那儿。) 2)动词hope与wish的区别：hope表示期望的事情是有可能的，如：I hope you pass your exam. (我希望你能通过考试。——我认为这是有可能的。) I hope you will help me.(我希望你将帮助我。——我想要你帮我，而且我认为你也能够帮我。)wish 表示所期望的事情是不可能的或不大可能的，如：I wish I were 20 years younger.(我但愿能年轻20岁。——但这是不可能的。)I wish you would help me. (但愿你能帮我。——我想让你帮我，但是从你目前的行为来判断，这似乎是不大可能的。)