I called early in the hope of catching her before she went to work.
我很早就打了个电话,希望在她上班之前找到她。
《牛津词典》He was studying in the hope of being admitted to an engineering college.
他在学习,希望能被某个工学院录取。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》He has sent his proposals in the hope of stoking up interest for the idea.
他已上呈自己的建议,希望能激起人们对这种想法的兴趣。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》Scientists and engineers are beginning to study this ability of fishes in the hope of designing more efficient propulsion systems for ships.
科学家和工程师们开始研究鱼类的这种能力,希望能设计出更有效的船舶推进系统。
Today, people still look to stars or genes, astrology or genetics, in the hope of finding the source of exceptional abilities or personal characteristics.
今天,人们仍然研究星星或基因、占星术或遗传学,希望找到超常的能力或个人特征的来源。
Farmers apparently hold back produce in the hope that prices will rise.
农场主们囤积农产品显然是希望价格会上涨。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》You could, alternatively, hang onto it in the hope that it will be worth millions in 10 years time.
或者,你也可以把它留着,指望它10年后值好几百万。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》Police have planned a reconstruction of the crime tomorrow in the hope that this will jog the memory of passersby.
警方已计划明天再现犯罪过程,希望以此唤起过路人的记忆。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi in the hope of having a good future in the coming new year.
因为春节标志着新一年的开始,所以人们吃饺子,希望在即将到来的新年里有个美好的未来。
Let us watch and say jaggy things, in the hope that some of them will hurt.
我们要观察,说些急躁的话,盼望这些话能伤人。
They stop trying in the hope that their teachers will make the decision for them by failing them.
他们不再尝试,希望老师会判定他们不及格,从而替自己做出决定。
Once we have over 5,000 signatures we are planning to send it to the government in the hope that more people will begin to take it seriously.
一旦我们有超过5000个人的签名,我们便计划将它寄给政府,希望更多的人会开始认真对待它。
Or keep trading in the hope of resurrection.
或是继续经营,以期浴火重生。
They moved to liege in the hope of getting better treatment.
他们之后搬到了列日,希望能让他在那里得到更好的治疗。
Bought in the hope that he might one day have a use for them.
他希望有一天能用得上这些东西。
Or keep plugging away in the hope that it somehow works out?
或者不断努力,希望以某种方式解决这个问题呢?
They contacted me in the hope that I could show them a better way.
他们联系到我,希望我能给他们展示一种更好的方法。
So managers will be tempted to sell in the hope of a better price.
所以经理们会希望能买一个更高的价格。
Lots of people have been buying gold in the hope it would rise.
许多人一直在买入黄金以期升值。
Journalists go along-in the hope of getting a story into the paper.
记者们也与其合作——希望能将故事搬上报纸。
Scientists often study Mars's weather in the hope of better understanding our own.
科学家们经常研究火星的天气,希望可以更好地理解地球的天气。
They have also developed an online test in the hope of finding more sufferers.
他们还开发了在线测试项目,期望找到更多的患者。
Investors who take this route pay much higher fees in the hope of better performance.
采取这种途径的投资人付出了高的多的费用并希望能获得更好的回报。
It's all part of making them feel dissatisfied in the hope they may upgrade next time.
这都是为了使他们感到失落,希望他们下次会升级乘头等舱。
The target company, however, may turn down the offer in the hope of a higher price.
然而,目标公司可能拒绝这个出价,以期望更高的收购价。
Party reformers want to end zoning in the hope of getting a better class of leader.
党内改革者怀着获得更好领导阶层的愿望,希望终结分区制。
If VCs are only doing it in the hope of investing more later, what happens if they don't?
如果风投只是希望在接下来投入更多的话,如果他们接下来不投的话会发生什么?
We seem to skip over our judgments in the hope that this will be love at first sight.
我们好像忽略了自己的判断而第一眼后就期望这是爱情。
Some are setting themselves voluntary targets in the hope of avoiding state coercion.
为了避免受到国家强制,一些公司已经自主建立了他们自己的目标。
The firm is also drilling elsewhere in the same basin in the hope of finding more oil.
该公司还在同一个盆地的其他地方钻井,希望找到更多石油。