The admiral says the situation in Iraq seemed impossible to resolve a few years ago, and,although the two countries are very different,and progress in Iraq is not a guarantee of progress in Afghanistan, it does give him reason to be hopeful about Afghanistan - even during the current period of heavy violence and at best,slow progress.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

I fully understand the value of what you are driving at, but frankly, the narrative as it now stands simply will not support a more general or hopeful conclusion.

但你的提议太含糊不清，说实话，你说的,无助于更好的结局。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And like, a lot of his art is just very like... it's hopeful.

他的很多作品就非常……充满希望。

学生们的艺术热情 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Still, he points to some hopeful signs -- including a large reduction in the child death rate in Malawi.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

I'm not going to expand on this because I can't get into-- This is not a course in probability theory but I'm hopeful that you can see the formula and you can apply it.

我不准备拓展这一部分,毕竟这节课不是概率论,但我希望你们能记住这个公式,并且学会应用

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But as he says, the search for life in outer space is a long-term goal, and he is still hopeful.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

In the review sections I'm hopeful that your T.A.'s can elaborate on this more.

我想在课程的复习环节里,你们的助教会对此进行详细的说明。

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A new study in the journal Nature has shown some hopeful results from an experimental gel that might protect women from H.I.V.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

She says she cannot think of a more efficient, hopeful or fair machine, except maybe the bicycle.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Here is a more hopeful song, James Taylor's "October Road" from his album by the same name.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

Nathan Burrell says it is not a profitable business yet, but the farmers are hopeful.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

But both he and U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the agreement provides a hopeful beginning.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

They wanted the book to be a hopeful call to action.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

"We have received positive indications and we are hopeful that we are about to start now a process of negotiation."

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

"I think they are really hopeful that Obama is going to pursue a multilateral strategy as he seems to indicate,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

It was reached based on a clear and hopeful vision of what can be accomplished here.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

He says the new Obama war strategy, which also includes a major rehaul of civilian development projects, sounds like a hopeful change from the past.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

A hopeful mood gripped the nation as it looked ahead to peace and stability.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The president said Ramadan is a time for people of all faiths to recommit themselves to the work of building a better and more hopeful world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Dahal says he is hopeful parliament will be able to select a new leader from the 601 member parliament, even if this breeds disagreement in the process.

VOA: standard.2009.05.10

He is hopeful there could eventually be a similar treatment for stuttering.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

I am a lot more confident and a lot more hopeful."

VOA: standard.2009.05.10

The target pledges by the world's top-two carbon emitters are seen as hopeful signs for progress at Copenhagen, although a final package for global greenhouse gas reduction remains in doubt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he was still hopeful that talks with the Japanese would lead to a negotiated settlement whereby Tokyo would abandon its annual hunt in the Southern Ocean.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

Speaking to reporters with Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin, Clinton said Pakistani leaders did not need her to tell them what was at stake in the political standoff, and that its resolution is a hopeful sign for the future.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"Even though we have slowed the loss of jobs,and today's report on the continued decline in unemployment claims is a hopeful sign, the economic growth that we have seen has not led to the job growth that we desperately need,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

But in a press appearance here, she said the resolution of the standoff - with the reinstatement of the country's deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry - was a resolution by the Pakistanis themselves and a hopeful first step toward broader dialogue.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

U.S.officials said they were hopeful the 7,000 figure for new allied forces would be just a starting point, and that additional commitments could come as soon as a NATO force-generating meeting set for next week in the Belgian city of Mons.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05