主题：你见过这样的英文表达吗？

hope against hope    报一线希望 算一个固定的短语吧
最后由 无敌翔子 于 2009-08-06 22:14:36编辑

One inch shy of six-foot tall
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翻译是对的，但为什么要加against hope 强调什么呢? 虽算是词组，但查不到出处。

hope 只是指希望，hope against hope 强调希望渺茫，但任然报有一线希望
从中文意思就能辨别出来吧，老外用习惯了就自然成了“出处”了

One inch shy of six-foot tall
"shy" here means "less than"
差一寸不到六英尺高

hope against (all) hope

to have hope even when the situation appears to be hopeless.
We hope against all hope that she'll see the right thing to do and do it.
There is little point in hoping against hope, except that it makes you feel better.

I think hope against hope is a phrase.

shy of something = short of something
He was a large man, just shy of six feet tall.

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shy是害羞

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hope against hope 翻译成为：抱一线希望的意思。

谢谢各位让我有学习到一些

hope against (all) hopeto have hope even when the situation appears to be hopeless. We hope against all hope that she'll see the right thing to do and do it. There is little point in hoping against hope, except that it makes you feel better.

hope against hope tohope very strongly that something will happen, although you know it isnot very likely (usually in continuous tenses; usually + that ) We were just hoping against hope that she would be rescued.

语言本来就是随机下的产物，不要纠结

shy就是还差那么多，差one inch 不到。。

maybe sth that happens is against the hope you hope.

You guys have already got the answer, thank you. It is my first time to see such a expression and that is why i would like to share with you all.

呵呵 只要积累下去就会进步啦 偶也学到了