| 释义 |
a fond belief/hope
phraseUK
something that you would like to be true but that is probably not: （可能难以实现的）信念／期望
I waited at home all evening in the fond hope that he might call.我等了一整晚，满心期望他会打电话来。
Later that year he left for London with a fond hope that he would receive a warmer reception there.
So much for the fond belief that a new manager would breathe life into the team.
People, by and large, have been happy to pay into the system in the fond belief that it would be there for them if they got sick.
Some men do this in the fond belief that it makes them appear younger.
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