hope against hope

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible. idiomatic
    — Would he be in time to rescue? He hoped against hope. At least he could be revenged, and in his wrath it seemed to him that he was equal to the task of wiping out the entire population of that terrible city.

词形变化

hopes against hope present,singular,third-person hoping against hope participle,present hoped against hope participle,past hoped against hope past

词源

Likely a paraphrase of the first few words of Romans 4:18.
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