| 单词 | hope against hope |
| 释义 | hope against hopeHope or wish for with little reason or justification, as in I'm hoping against hope that someone will return my wallet. This expression, based on the biblical “Who against hope believed in hope” (Romans 4:18), was first recorded in 1813. Words nearby hope against hopehop, hopak, Hopatcong, hop clover, hope, hope against hope, Hope, Bob, hope chest, Hope diamond, hopeful, hopefully The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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