英语词汇“white hope”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	white hope
释义	white hope in British English noun informal a person who is expected to bring honour or glory to his or her group, team, etc white hope in American English US Informal any person who is expected to bring honor, glory, etc. to some group, place, etc. Word origin term orig. applied to Caucasoid boxers who it was thought might defeat black heavyweightchampion Jack Johnson (c. 1910) Examples of 'white hope' in a sentence white hope The British do at least have a great white hope. The Sun (2007) One minute the next great white hope, the next just another young British tennis player. The Sun (2015) Progress on carbon capture and storage, given extra funding in the budget, is the great white hope. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They were the great white hope of the recovery, then they wilted last year, now they appear to be in fine fettle again. Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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white hope in British English