1fondly imagine/believe/hope etcHOPEto believe something that is untrue, hope for something that will probably not happen etc 天真地以为/盲目地相信/痴心地希望等
Some people still fondly believe that modern science can solve all the world’s problems.
有些人仍然天真地相信现代科学能解决世界上所有的问题。
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fondly imagine/believe/hope etc• The Gombe rainforest is not the sort of Eden we might fondly imagine.• Some people fondly believe that chess-playing computers work by internally trying out all possiblecombinations of chess moves.• Some Tories fondly imagine that privatisation will eliminate the need to subsidise the railways.
2LOVEin a way that shows you like someone very much 深情地,柔情地SYN lovingly
He turned to see her smiling fondly at him.
他转过身,看见她正朝他温柔浅笑。
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fondly• But not all money managers will look back on 1995 fondly.• Later in the book, she writes fondly about experience with her first aircraft, a BeechMusketeer.• Greta smiledfondly at him from across the room.• Some Tories fondlyimagine that privatisation will eliminate the need to subsidise the railways.• Both sisters spokefondly of their daredevilbrother.