单词	wishful
释义	wishful /ˈwɪʃfʊl / /ˈwɪʃf(ə)l/ adjective 1Having or expressing a desire or hope for something to happen: I had heard the same wishful tone over the phone... I said in a wishful small voice hoping she'll forgive me and save me the humiliation by just pointing to my desk. It's a simple refusal to acknowledge reality, a wishful desire to escape the order of things. Rowan, who had heard such wishful schemes before, tried not to get his hopes up. 1.1Based on impractical wishes rather than facts: without resources the proposed measures were merely wishful thinking... It seems to be based on wishful thinking rather than scientific evidence. The link he assumes between local control and sustainable development is based on wishful thinking. My conviction is based not on wishful thinking, but on my experiences living in a totalitarian regime. Derivatives wishfully /ˈwɪʃfʊli/ /ˈwɪʃf(ə)li/ adverb ... ‘Oh, coffee,’ she said wishfully, ‘I'd love a cup of coffee right now.’ ‘Surely supper will be ready soon,’ he muttered wishfully. However much he may wishfully assert that stoic silence is a noble virtue, his distress in the first instance is caused by enforced silence and its accompanying feeling of personal oblivion. wishfulness /ˈwɪʃfʊlnəs/ /ˈwɪʃf(ə)lnəs/ noun ... There's a sort of wistful wishfulness even to the union leaders arguing in favour of it. Now, I wonder if this is plain wishfulness or actually a faulty media plan (one that a good media planner buying time for a package-goods client wouldn't make). But such wishfulness seems to pay off at the box office and in the ratings.
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