| 释义 |
in the hope ofWith the expectation, intention, or desire of (something or something happening). He strove to be well-behaved in prison, in the hope of an early release. I'm being extra nice to my sister all through December, in the hope of getting a new video game for Christmas. in the hopesee under in hopes of. in the hope of something, in the hope that... because you want something to happen: I called early in the hope of catching her before she went to work.He asked her again in the vain hope that he could persuade her to come (= it was impossible). |