hope

hope /hǝƱp/ n

၁။ [C,U] ~ (of/ for sth); ~ (of doing sth/ that…) မျှော်လင့်ချက်။ Don't raise his hopes too high or he may be very disappointed. ❍ There is still a ray/ glimmer of hope (ie a slight hope). ❍ He pinned (ie based) all his hopes on getting that job. ❍ All our hopes were dashed/ shattered by the announcement. It is our hope that you will find this offer satisfactory. ❍ She still cherished a forlorn hope of seeing him again. ❍ She has high hopes (ie is very confident) of winning. ❍ They have given up all hope of finding any more survivors of the crash.
၂။ [C usu sing ] မျှော်လင့်ချက်။ မျှော်လင့်အားထားရာ။ You are my last hope—if you can't help, I'm ruined. ❍ We'll have to wait for some- one to rescue us—that's our only hope.
v ~ (for sth ) မျှော်လင့်သည်။ ထင်သည်။ We haven't heard from him for weeks but we're still hoping for a letter. ❍ I hope to announce the winner shortly. ❍ All we can do now is wait and hope. ‘Will it rain tomorrow?’ ‘ I hope not/so. ’ ❍ We hope (that) you're well.
❏ be beyond hope [IDM ] မျှော်လင့်ချက် မရှိတော့။ မျှော်လင့်ချက်ကုန်ပြီ။ Her condition is now beyond hope of recovery.
❏ hold out (some, not much, little, no, etc) hope (of sth/ that…) [IDM ] မျှော်လင့်ချက်ထားသည်၊ မထား၊ သိပ်မရှိ စသည်။ The doctors held out no hope of recovery/ that she would recover.
❏ hope against hope (that) … [IDM ] မျှော်လင့် ချက်မရှိဘဲ ဆက်လက် မျှော်လင့်သည်။
❏ hoped-for adj မျှော်လင့်ထားသော။ They weren't given the hoped-for pay rise.
❏ hope for the best [IDM ] အကောင်းဆုံးကိုမျှော်လင့် သည်။ I'm just going to answer all the questions I can and hope for the best.
❏ in the hope of sth/ that … [IDM ] မျှော်လင့်ချက်နှင့်။ မျှော်လင့်ပြီး။ I called in the hope of finding her at home.
❏ not have a hope (in hell) (of doing sth) [IDM ] (infml ) မျှော်လင့်ချက်လုံးဝမရှိ။ အလားအလာ လုံးဝမရှိ။ She hasn't got a hope (in hell) of winning.
❏ not a hope; some hope! [IDM ] (infml ) အလားအလာ လုံးဝမရှိ။ ကျည်ပွေ့သာအတက်ပေါက်မည်။ He might turn up with the cash. ‘Some hope!’