| 单词 | hopeful |
| 释义 | hopeful (once / 324 pages) adjn If you're hopeful about something, you're optimistic. You think it's going to turn out OK. Your team has been doing well in practice, so you're hopeful that you'll win the finals. Hopeful comes from the word hope, meaning "optimism about a future event," and the suffix -ful, meaning "full." So if you're hopeful, you're full of hope: you think something good is going to happen. You might be hopeful that you'll be offered a job after your great interview. Used as a noun, hopeful can describe a promising person who wants to succeed at a particular goal. The charismatic young politician is a hopeful for the next election. WORD FAMILYhopeful: hopefully, hopefulness, hopefuls, unhopeful+/hope: hoped, hopeful, hopeless, hoper, hopes, hoping/hoped: unhoped/hopeless: hopelesser, hopelessly, hopelessness/hopelessness: hopelessnesss/hoper: hopers/unhoped: unhopedly/unhopeful: unhopefully USAGE EXAMPLESHe is not as hopeful of the South Carolina Senate. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) After this year of fake news in US politics and elsewhere, I am hopeful that consumers of news will become much more discerning. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) I’m hopeful that 2017 will see the flickering resurgence of outdoor civic spaces blossom into something more profound and lasting. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj having or manifesting hope a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets found a hopeful way of attacking the problem Syn|Ant encouraging giving courage or confidence or hope anticipant, anticipative, expectantmarked by eager anticipation optimisticexpecting the best in this best of all possible worlds hopeless without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success discouragingdepriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action abject, unhopefulshowing utter resignation or hopelessness black, bleak, dimoffering little or no hope despairing, desperatearising from or marked by despair or loss of hope despondent, heartsickwithout or almost without hope forlornmarked by or showing hopelessness futurelesshaving no prospect or hope of a future helpless, lostunable to function; without help insolublewithout hope of solution pessimisticexpecting the worst possible outcome impossiblenot capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with 2adj full of promise a hopeful new singer on Broadway Syn bright, promising auspicious auguring favorable circumstances and good luck 3n an ambitious and aspiring young person two executive hopefuls joined the firm Syn|Hyper aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabee applicant, applier a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission |
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