hopeful

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.

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hope′ful·ness n.

hopeful

(ˈhəʊpfʊl) adj1. having or expressing hope2. giving or inspiring hope; promisingna person considered to be on the brink of success (esp in the phrase a young hopeful) ˈhopefulness n

hope•ful

(ˈhoʊp fəl)

adj. 1. full of hope; expressing hope. 2. exciting hope; promising advantage or success: a hopeful prospect. n. 3. an aspirant. [1560–70] hope′ful•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hopeful - an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabeeapplicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
Adj.	1.	hopeful - having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"optimistic - expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"
	2.	hopeful - full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"promising, brightauspicious - auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign"

hopeful

adjective1. optimistic, confident, assured, looking forward to, anticipating, buoyant, sanguine, expectant Surgeons were hopeful of saving her sight.
optimistic despairing, hopeless, pessimistic, dejected, cheerless2. promising, encouraging, bright, reassuring, cheerful, rosy, heartening, auspicious, propitious hopeful forecasts that the economy will improve
promising depressing, discouraging, unpromising, disheartening

hopeful

adjectiveInspiring confidence or hope:cheering, encouraging, heartening, likely, promising.noun1. One who aspires:aspirant, aspirer.2. A person who applies for or seeks something, such as a job or position:applicant, aspirant, candidate, petitioner, seeker.

Translations

有希望的乐观的怀有希望的

hope

(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

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