wishful

[US]/'wɪʃfʊl/
[UK]/'wɪʃfəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 懷有希望的
adv. 懷有希望地

Phrases & Collocations

wishful thinking

一廂情願

wishful dream

白日夢

wishful hope

渴望

Example Sentences

be wishful for sth.

想獲得某物

be wishful to do sth.

想做某事

Such wishful thinking of theirs will never be realized.

他們的那種癡心妄想永遠也不會實現。

It's wishful thinking to expect Phil to help you. He is a goldbrick.

期望菲爾來幫你太一廂情願了,他是一個懶人啊。

His claims to be a millionaire are just wishful thinking.

他聲稱要成爲百萬富翁的想法不過是一廂情願。

without resources the proposed measures were merely wishful thinking .

若沒有資源,提出的解決措施就只能是癡心妄想。

Prices seem to have stopped rising in the shops, or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

商店裏東西的價格好像不再上漲了,要不然就是我的一廂情願?

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