I applied for the post more in hope than expectation.

我申请这个职位是希望多于期待。

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I just live in hope that one day she'll talk to me.

我只是希望有一天她会和我说话。

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The situation is not good but we live in hope that it will improve.

情况不好，但我们依然希望会好转。

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But in the end there is hope for this singer, who exists only in a movie and its soundtrack.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

He went in hope of getting money out of them, to make more movies. And he never got anything.

他去的目的是想赚一点钱，来做更多电影，但是他从没得到任何东西。

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Dexter >> We live in hope Dexter.

>，我们活在希望之中。

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Banks could only watch in hope as Nicky Southall's volley rebounded off the woodwork.

BBC: Bradford 2-1 Norwich

Frustration about the stockpile of unused mobile homes in Hope has even reached the White House.

NPR: Congress, FEMA Try to Free Up Stockpile of Trailers

' Aren't Mum and Dad - if not "over reporting" - perhaps living in hope?

BBC: 2011: The Year of Sharp Decreases