hope /həup/ I. n.［c］&［u］希望： While there is life, there is hope.［谚］有生命就有希望。 Do you have any hope that he will come?你对他来抱有希望吗? We have every hope to complete/of completing the project this year.我们完全有希望在今年完成这一计划。in hopes of…希望：We live in hopes of better times.我们希望情况会好转。in the hope of 希望能…： He went there in the hope of meeting his son. 他去那儿希望能见到他的儿子。 lose (realize, give up) hope 失去(实现，放弃)希望; lay one’s hope(s) on sb.把希望寄托在某人身上 ‖II. vt. 希望 （接不定式、从句和so或not）：We hoped to reach there before dark. 我们希望在天黑以前到达那里。He was ill last week, I hope he is all right now. 他上周病了，我希望他现在痊愈了。 —Will it be fine tomorrow? —I hope so. “明天天气会好吗?”“希望如此。” —Will it rain tomorrow? —I hope not.“明天会下雨吗?”“我希望不要下。” hope for希望：Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. ［谚］做最好的打算，作最坏的准备。
hopeful /ˈhəupful/ adj. 有希望(变好，成功等)；充满希望：He is one of our most hopeful scientists. 他是我们最有希望的科学家之一。The patient’s good appetite was a hopeful sign of recovering. 病人的好胃口是他能恢复的重要信号。be/feel hopeful that/of/about: He was hopeful of success. 他对成功抱有希望。I’m not very hopeful about his chances of success. 我对他成功的机会不抱大的希望。
hopeless /ˈhəuplis/ adj. 没有希望，绝望；不胜任的：a hopeless case不治之症；feel hopeless失望；be in a hopeless situation处于一种绝望的境地I'm hopeless at names.对于记名字我一点也不行。I’m absolutely hopeless at languages.我在语言学习方面简直糟透了。I’ve always been hopeless with machinery.我对机械一直是一窍不通。
