in the hope of sth|in the hope that…(NAmE alsoin hopes that…)because you want sth to happen抱着…的希望I called early in the hope of catching her before she went to work.我很早就打了个电话，希望在她上班之前找到她。He asked her againin the vain hopethat he could persuade her to come(= it was impossible).他又问了她一次，徒然指望着能说服她来。 |