单词 | white hope |
释义 | white hope in British Englishnoun 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 |
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