in the hope that (also in hopes
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that American) /in до Ьэир 6st, in 'hsups Ш/ if you do something in the hope that it will have a good result, you do it because you hope it will make something good happen: He showed me a photo of his wife, in the hope that I might have seen her.
be hope/ul bi: h^opfol if you are hope*
ful about a situation, you think it will probably have a good result in the end. even though it may be worrying at the moment + (that) Police ore still hopeful that the missing girl will contact her parents soon.
+ about After talking to the management, we felt a little more hopeful about the company's future.
Qlceep your fingers crossed kiip
jo:r fir]g3rz .krostJI- kroist; spoki;n to hope for good luck, so that something will happen in the way you want: "Have you heard whether you got the job or not?" "No. but I'm keeping my fingers crossed."
u the feeling that things will happen in the way that you hope
hope /Ьэор/ [n Uj the feeling you have
when you think that something good will
probably happen: This discovery will give
new hope to cancer sufferers.
be fail of hope We arrived in our new
country full of hope.
hope of doing sth There is very little
hope of finding any more survivors.
Optimistic ,Dpt^mistik^||,aip- [adj] someone who is optimistic believes that everything will happen in the way that they want or that good things will happen in the future: Most of the players were in an optimistic mood before the game. + about Senator Crosman, are you optimistic about the election results? optimistically [adu] They had promised - rather optimistically - to finish the job in three days.
optimism DpUmiz<?m|j'a:p- [n Uj the feeling that everything will happen in the way you want it to or that good things will happen in the future: There is a mood of optimism among Socialist Party supporters tonight. I the optimism of the post-war period
optimist /'DpUmistll a:p- [n C] someone who always thinks good things will happen in the future
El something that you hope will happen
hope hoop [n C] something that you hope will happen: My one hope was that I would see my family again one day. I The politicians didn't seem to understand the hopes and fears of ordinary people, have high hopes (=feel sure that good things will happen) When we first got mcrried we had such high hopes.
Ш something that makes you feel hopeful
encouraging /тклг^оркэп-- (adj]
encouraging signs, remarks, news etc make you feel more confident that things wil, improve or happen in the way you want: The doctor's news was very encouraging - Ben was getting better every day. I There are encouraging signs that the economy is recovering. I encouraging comments
promising ргот^цЦ'рга:-/ [adj] something that is promising seems as if it is going to be good or successful in the future: Beth gave up a promising business career to become an artist. I The team got off to a promising start, winning their first three games. get off to/таке a promising start (-do very well at the beginning of something)
КЗ to stop hoping
give up hope/lose hope /giv лр
haop. ,lu:z h^op to stop hoping that something good will happen or that things will get better: Just when they had almost given up hope, Jenny became pregnant, give up/lose hope of doing sth After the accident, he had given up hope of ever walking again.
+ that We never lost hope that one day we would see our son again.
A. Don't say 'give up the hope' or 'lose
the hope'. Say give up hope or lose hope
desp air di spel/ [n U] ESPECIALLY WRITTEN the feeling that things are so bad that there is nothing you can do to make the situation any better: the years of loneliness and despair that followed her daughter's death
HORRIBLE/UNPLEASANT
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in despair She turned to him in despair, with tears running down her cheeks.
unfriendly, and sometimes cruel way: Fratelli was a pretty mean character, and we were all scared of him.
HATE
see also
/ v.
ENJOY
horrible person/ behaviour
horrible /'hDrJ>b<?l||'ho:-, ha:-/ {adj} behaving in a very rude, unkind, or annoying way, especially towards people that you know welclass="underline" Her husband was a horrible man - violent, lazy, and always drunk, be horrible to sb Why are you being so horrible to me? It's not my fault you lost your job. _____
Д Don't say 'very horrible'. Say really horrible or just horrible.
nasty /'naistifnaesti/ ladj] deliberately very unkind - used especially by children or when you are talking to children: The other boys played a nasty trick on him. be nasty to sb Stop being so nasty to