| 单词 | hopefully |
| 释义 | hopefully, adv.|ˈhəʊpfʊlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a hopeful manner; with a feeling of hope; with ground for hope, promisingly.
a1639Wotton Life Dk. Buckh. in Reliq. (1672) 237 He left all his female kindred..either matched with peers of the realm actually, or hopefully with earls' sons and heirs. 1846H. Rogers Ess. (1860) I. 171 The limits within which the human understanding can hopefully speculate. Mod. He set to work hopefully.
2. It is hoped (that); let us hope. (Cf. G. hoffentlich it is to be hoped.) orig. U.S. (Avoided by many writers.)
1932N.Y. Times Book Rev. 24 Jan. 11/4 He would create an expert commission..to consist of ex-Presidents and a selected list of ex-Governors, hopefully not including Pa and Ma Ferguson. 1965T. L. Becker Political Behavioralism & Mod. Jurisprudence p. v, Hopefully, this study, generated from the friction of highly polarized viewpoints, is the first of many steps directed towards satisfying a long-standing curiosity. 1965New Yorker 27 Mar. 35/1 We asked her when she expected to move into her new apartment, and she answered, ‘Hopefully on Tuesday.’ 1966in N. P. Vakar Word Count Spoken Russian p. viii, Professor Vakar's study will prove of enormous value... It should—and, hopefully, it will—be followed by a similar analysis of..syntactic patterns. 1967Lebende Sprachen XII. 5/1 Machines will hopefully enable the scientist to find quickly the information he needs. 1969Language XLV. 667 Hopefully, Tucker will publish supplements to this chapter. 1970Daily Tel. 12 Feb. 21 The cost of developing a new ‘Dash 50’ series of engines, that hopefully will power Lockheed's ‘extended range’ jet, is put at around {pstlg}75 million. 1970Sci. Jrnl. May 27/2 By the time this issue..is on the bookstalls, Apollo 13 should have completed its own trip to the Moon, hopefully with as little incident as its two predecessors. 1971Guardian 13 Apr. 9/5 Prototype wooden rocking horses... Hopefully they will be available in the autumn at prices from {pstlg}120. |
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