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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
hopeful
I.hope‧ful1 /ˈhəʊpfəl $ ˈhoʊp-/ BrE AmE adjective [Word Family: noun: ↑hope, ↑hopefulness ≠ ↑hopelessness, ↑hopeful; verb: ↑hope; adverb: ↑hopefully ≠ ↑hopelessly; adjective: ↑hopeful ≠ ↑hopeless] 1. believing that what you hope for is likely to happen SYN optimistic hopeful about Everyone’s feeling pretty hopeful about the future. hopeful (that) I’m hopeful that we can find a solution. be hopeful of (doing) something British English: He is still hopeful of playing in Saturday’s game. 2. making you feel that what you hope for is likely to happen SYN promising: The vote is a hopeful sign that attitudes in the church are changing. Things might get better, but it doesn’t look very hopeful right now. —hopefulness noun [uncountable] • • • THESAURUS ▪ optimistic believing that good things will happen: I’m optimistic about our chances of winning. | an optimistic view of the future ▪ hopeful believing that what you hope for will happen: The test results made him feel more hopeful about his chances of recovery. ▪ positive thinking about what is good in a situation, rather than what is bad: Try to be more positive about your work. | She has a very positive attitude to life. ▪ upbeat having a cheerful attitude and showing that you expect to succeed, or that a situation will get better, especially the economic or political situation: The Prime Minister was upbeat, predicting that the economy would soon come out of recession. | an upbeat message about the party’s chances of winning the election ▪ bullish feeling confident about the future – used especially when talking the economic situation, or a company’s chances of success: He’s very bullish about the company’s prospects. | Stockmarket analysts expect the bullish trend to continue. ▪ sanguine formal hopeful and not worried about what will happen in the future, especially when the situation seems difficult – a very formal use: Koons himself somehow remains sanguine in the face of all the criticism. | Other commentators are less sanguine, and fear that the world economy is on the verge of recession. ▪ rosy if the future or your life seems rosy, it seems good and you expect good things to happen: The future looks rosy for the team. | Returning soldiers found life less rosy than they had hoped. | The price of oil keeps going up, and things look pretty rosy for the big oil companies. ▪ look on the bright side to consider the good parts of a situation, which seems bad in many other ways – used especially when telling someone that they should do this: Look on the bright side – it could have been a lot worse. II.hopeful2 BrE AmE noun [countable] written [Word Family: noun: ↑hope, ↑hopefulness ≠ ↑hopelessness, ↑hopeful; verb: ↑hope; adverb: ↑hopefully ≠ ↑hopelessly; adjective: ↑hopeful ≠ ↑hopeless] someone who is hoping to be successful, especially in acting, sports, politics etc: Thousands of young hopefuls were auditioned for the role. Republican presidential hopefuls
hopefulhu◎ | ['houpful] | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | (hopeful of / about something) (hopeful that...) hy vọng, đầy hy vọng | | ☆ | to be/feel hopeful about the future | | rất hy vọng vào tương lai | | ■ | đầy hứa hẹn, có triển vọng | | ☆ | the future seems very hopeful | | tương lai có vẻ hứa hẹn lắm | | ☆ | a hopeful pupil | | một học sinh có triển vọng | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | người có triển vọng làm điều gì | | ☆ | a young hopeful | | một thanh niên có nhiều triển vọng |
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