1[sentence adverbadv]HOPE a way of saying what you hope will happen, which some people think is incorrect 有望,可望〔有人认为此用法不正确〕
Hopefully, I’ll be back home by ten o‘clock.
我有望10点前回到家。
By then the problem will hopefully have been solved.
届时该问题有望得到解决。
2HOPEin a way that shows that you are hopeful 怀有希望地,充满希望地
‘Will there be any food left over?’ he asked hopefully.
“会有吃的东西剩下吗?”他满怀希望地问道。
Examples from the Corpus
hopefully• This exercise should give you a good review for the test, hopefully.• Despite all those sweaty men who came, rummagedhopefully and yet failed to prise it over his nose.• It is this special knowledge, or gnosis, which hopefully can make the insideethnography so different and illuminating.• They all looked at him, Dalziel interrogatively, Antony hopefully, Connon fearfully.• This method of operation will hopefully give the teamoverall control.• We're hopefully going to keep practicing once a month.• He's been restingtoday, so hopefully he'll be feeling better tomorrow.• Hopefully I'll be home by nine tonight.• "But, " Tim added hopefully, "there's always tomorrow."• It has been pushedbeyond the limit by many dealers and hopefully these are the dealers that will have to close.• Hopefully we can find a way of solving this problem.