vague hope
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvagueandhope
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vague
adjective
uk/veɪɡ/us/veɪɡ/
not clearly expressed, known, described, ...
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hope
noun[C or U]
uk/həʊp/us/hoʊp/
something good that you want to happen in the future, or a confident feeling about what will happen in ...
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(Definition ofvagueandhopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvague hope
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Equally, in the field of medicine all research is undertaken with at least avaguehopethat it will one day be used to improve treatment.
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No business could afford to invest in research based on avaguehope.
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He expresses thevaguehopethat then there may be some repayment.
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There is avaguehope, certainly, of a policy of encirclement.
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They are simply deferring it in thevaguehopethat some better circumstances will come along.
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It is thanks to such humanitarian help that we can retain avaguehopein a better future.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Nor can we leave it to somevaguehopethat they will keep us in touch in some undefined way.
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People started up small businesses in thevaguehopethat the houses in which they lived would provide future capital.
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The tea carton symbolizesvaguehopethat has no direction.
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We cannot disinterest ourselves from this or that part of the world in avaguehopethat happenings in that area will not affect us.
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I still cherish a rathervaguehopethat from time to time government may listen and even react to what is said from behind them.
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This must not merely be attached to the aid in the form of avaguehope: it must be a condition of that aid.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I merely say that there is a certain amount of pie in the sky in it, andvaguehope, but the objective, at any rate, is right.
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