hopefuls

英 [ˈhəʊpfʊlz]

美 [ˈhoʊpfəlz]

n.  希望成功的人; 雄心勃勃的人
hopeful的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (人)抱有希望的，满怀希望的
  If you arehopeful, you are fairly confident that something that you want to happen will happen.
  1. I am hopeful this misunderstanding will be rectified very quickly...
     我相信这个误会将很快得到纠正。
  2. Surgeons were hopeful of saving the sight in Sara's left eye.
     外科医生有信心保住萨拉左眼的视力。
• ADJ-GRADED （征兆、事件等）给人以希望的
  If something such as a sign or event ishopeful, it makes you feel that what you want to happen will happen.
  1. The result of the election in is yet another hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East.
     已出炉的选举结果再次显示在中东实现和平是有希望的。
  2. ...hopeful forecasts that the economy will improve.
     认为经济会改善的鼓舞人心的预测
• ADJ （行动）被寄予希望的
  Ahopefulaction is one that you do in the hope that you will get what you want to get.
  1. We've chartered the aircraft in the hopeful anticipation that the government will allow them to leave.
     我们已经包租了那架飞机，希望政府会对他们放行。
• N-COUNT 希望获得成功的人
  If you refer to someone as ahopeful, you mean that they are hoping and trying to achieve success in a particular career, election, or competition.
  1. His soccer skills continue to be put to good use in his job as football coach to young hopefuls.
     他的球技在他给这些希望成为明日之星的年轻人担任教练的过程中继续发挥出很大作用。

双语例句

• Medvedev's path toward high office has been very different from the one facing American presidential hopefuls.
  梅德韦杰夫通往总统宝座的道路与美国总统候选人非常不同。
• The majority of the hopefuls are young, male and white.
  大多数有希望的人都是年轻的男性白人。
• Roy Hodgson is hoping Joe Cole can return to his squad in time for Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash at fellow top-four hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.
  罗伊·霍奇森盼望乔·科尔能在本周日红军前往白鹿巷挑战英超前四名的有力竞争者&托特纳姆热刺的比赛前及时回归。
• This news was very hard indeed for presidential hopefuls in an election year.
  这个消息对于竞选年中希望当选总统的人确实是很严酷的。
• US presidential hopefuls should openly celebrate the US relationship with Asia, not hide behind a screen of spurious economic nationalism for the sake of a few blue-collar votes.
  美国总统候选人应公开为美国与亚洲的关系喝采，而不要为了得到蓝领阶层的几张选票，躲在欺骗性的经济民族主义屏风后。
• Dozens of young hopefuls lined up for the auditions.
  几十名有希望的年轻人排队测试听力。
• The hopefuls, however, seem to be wasting their time.
  然而对抱着希望的人来说，显然是在浪费时间。
• Other hopefuls are ruled out by ill-health or because they have no political base.
  其他人也因为健康原因或者因为没有政治基础而不做考虑。
• Hopefuls must explain in their applications why they would make "expert" condom testers.
  有希望入选的人必须在他们的申请中说明成为专门测试者的原因。
• The Republican field is already crowded with hopefuls: more than 20 at the latest count.
  共和党阵营中的候选人选已经人满为患：最新计算是超过20个。