hoping
present participle ofhope
| 单词 | hoping |
| 释义 | hoping present participle ofhope hope verb[IorT] uk/həʊp/us/hoʊp/A2 towantsomething tohappenor to betrue, and usually have a goodreasontothinkthat it might: I'm hopingforaninterviewnextweek. [+ (that)]She's hoping(that)she won't be away toolong. I hope(that)she'llwin. We have to hopeandpray(that)theoperationwill go well. [+ to infinitive]They hopetovisitus nextyear. It's goodnews, I hope. "Will you be at themeetingtomorrow?" "I hopenot/so". Compare wishverb(HOPE)
Hoping and hopefulness
GrammarExpect,hopeorwait? We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns:…Expect We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns:…Hope We use hope when we do not know whether something will happen or not but we want it to happen. We use hope in the following patterns:…Wait We use wait when we refer to letting time pass because we are expecting that something is going to happen. We use wait in the following main patterns:…Expect, hopeorwait: typical errors We don’t use wait or wait for to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect:…Hope Hope is a verb and a noun.…Hopeas a verb After hope, we often use present verb forms even when there is reference to the future:…Hopeas a noun We can use hope as a countable noun:…Idiomshope against hope hope for the best Examplesofhopinghoping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. No sane human being would search through all the 221 dimensions of the model blindlyhopingto find some optimal sound! From theCambridge English Corpus Others settled as dependants of these men,hopingone day to be able to establish their own homesteads. From theCambridge English Corpus Biologists arehopingto learn more about the nervous system and the way in which it functions by using computer modelling techniques. From theCambridge English Corpus Usually they attempt a neo-classical contract,hopingthat the uncertainty can be encompassed within its flexible clauses. From theCambridge English Corpus It was still a foreign place, whither one fledhopingto find 'quiet life without thinking', populated by straight-talking, businesslike, practical locals. From theCambridge English Corpus Vainlyhopingto demonstrate by upright living their fitness for mainstream society, they clung tenaciously to bourgeois respectability and doctrinal orthodoxy. From theCambridge English Corpus The region's governments therefore need to find ways to live with volatility, rather thanhopingit will disappear. From theCambridge English Corpus They sought state laws setting qualifications for conductors, engineers, and telegraphershopingto control and limit the supply of skilled labor in their own occupations. From theCambridge English Corpus These findings have several implications for political scientistshopingto study campaign effects. From theCambridge English Corpus When challenged, the defender will attempt deterrence by also threatening to fight,hopingthat the challenger will not press on with her demands. From theCambridge English Corpus I amhopingthat all of you will benefit from this new series in your daily work. From theCambridge English Corpus Unable to operate as independent political actors, they attach themselves to other groups,hopingto attract favours and resources. From theCambridge English Corpus Other major contexts are 'inactive' but alwayshopingto become active. From theCambridge English Corpus A 28 year-old man with widespread melanoma ishopingthe doctor will offer him a new treatment. From theCambridge English Corpus The man can only flee,hopingto escape the police. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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