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hopefulness
hope·ful H0274000 (hōp′fəl)adj.1. Having or manifesting hope.2. Inspiring hope; promising.n. A person who aspires to success or who shows promise of succeeding, especially as a political candidate: a group of presidential hopefuls.
hope′ful·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hopefulness - full of hopecondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"confidence - a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"expectation, anticipation - anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | | 2. | hopefulness - the feeling you have when you have hopehope - the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"hopelessness - the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success |
Translationshope (həup) verb to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen. He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'. 希望 希望 noun1. (any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen. He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine. 希望 希望2. a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc. He's my last hope – there is no-one else I can ask. 被寄託希望的人或物 被寄托希望的人或物3. something hoped for. My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon. 盼望 盼望ˈhopeful adjective1. (negative unhopeful) full of hope. The police are hopeful that they will soon find the killer; hopeful faces; He is hopeful of success. 充滿希望的 怀有希望的2. giving a reason or encouragement for hope. That's a hopeful sign – perhaps he is going to change his mind after all. 有希望的 有希望的3. likely to be pleasant, successful etc. The future looks quite hopeful. 樂觀的 乐观的ˈhopefulness noun 充滿(有)希望 有希望ˈhopefully adverb1. in a hopeful way. The dog looked hopefully at the joint of meat. 懷有希望地 抱有希望地2. it is to be hoped that. Hopefully, that will never happen. 但願 但愿ˈhopeless adjective1. not likely to be successful. It's hopeless to try to persuade him; a hopeless attempt; The future looks hopeless. 無望的 无希望的，绝望的 2. (with at) not good. I'm a hopeless housewife; He's hopeless at French. 能力不好的 不好的3. unable to be stopped, cured etc. The doctors considered the patient's case hopeless; He's a hopeless liar/idiot. 不可救藥的 无可救药的ˈhopelessly adverb 無望地 无希望地ˈhopelessness noun 無望 绝望，无希望 hope against hope to continue hoping when there is no (longer any) reason for hope. 抱著一線希望 抱一线希望hope for the best to hope that something will succeed, that nothing bad will happen etc. 往好處想 抱乐观的希望（往最好处想） not (have) a hope (to be) completely unlikely (to succeed in something). He hasn't a hope of getting the job; `Will he get the job?' `Not a hope!' 沒希望(成功做到某事) 没希望raise someone's hopes to cause someone to hope, usually when there is no good reason to. 讓某人燃起希望(通常在無望的情況下) 唤起某人的希望EncyclopediaSeeHopeMedicalSeeHOPEhopefulness
Antonyms for hopefulnessnoun full of hopeRelated Words- condition
- status
- confidence
- expectation
- anticipation
noun the feeling you have when you have hopeRelated WordsAntonyms |