释义 |
dash someone's hopes dash (one's) hopesTo undercut one's dreams or optimistic views. I became a lawyer after my parents dashed my hopes of being an artist.See also: dash, hopedash someone's hopesDestroy someone's plans, disappoint or disillusion. For example, That fall dashed her hopes of a gold medal. This term uses dash in the sense of "destroy," a usage surviving only in this idiom. [Second half of 1500s] See also: dash, hope |