I only wish/hope

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishI only wish/hopeI only wish/hopespokenHOPEWANT used to express a strong wish or hope ‘What’s happening?’ ‘I only wish I knew.’ → onlyExamples from the CorpusI only wish/hope• It's a great honour and I only hope and pray I won't let Monsieur down.• Exhibit A in defense of the caveman. I only wish Becker had taken questions from the audience.• I am sorry your life is so burdensome, I only wish I could help in some way.• They were all very heartened that some one was at last taking an interest: I only wish I had had a tape recorder!• I only wish I knew what I could do to help.• It will suit Mrs Rochester perfectly. I only wish I were more handsome, as she's so beautiful.• And I only wish the world had a sense of the glamour like we had in the Sixties.• At present I only wish to draw attention to a possible ambiguity in a crucial move.• I enjoyed the whole of the Chuck Berry interview - I only wish we'd had longer.

单词	I only wish/hope
释义	I only wish/hope From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishI only wish/hopeI only wish/hopespokenHOPEWANT used to express a strong wish or hope ‘What’s happening?’ ‘I only wish I knew.’ → onlyExamples from the CorpusI only wish/hope• It's a great honour and I only hope and pray I won't let Monsieur down.• Exhibit A in defense of the caveman. I only wish Becker had taken questions from the audience.• I am sorry your life is so burdensome, I only wish I could help in some way.• They were all very heartened that some one was at last taking an interest: I only wish I had had a tape recorder!• I only wish I knew what I could do to help.• It will suit Mrs Rochester perfectly. I only wish I were more handsome, as she's so beautiful.• And I only wish the world had a sense of the glamour like we had in the Sixties.• At present I only wish to draw attention to a possible ambiguity in a crucial move.• I enjoyed the whole of the Chuck Berry interview - I only wish we'd had longer.
随便看	what’s doing ...? what’s eating sb? what’s her/your etc game? what’s his face/what’s her face what’s his/her/its name what’s it to you? what’s it worth (to you)? what’s new? what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander what’s somebody on? what’s that supposed to mean? what’s that when it’s at home? what’s the betting what’s the big idea? what’s the damage? what’s the good of ...?/what good is ...? what’s the matter?/something’s the matter/nothing’s the matter etc what’s the meaning of this? what’s the scoop? what’s the use (of something) what’s this in aid of? what’s up? what’s what what’s with sb? what’s with sth?