So, Sarah and I -- my wife -- walked over to the public library, which is four blocks away, on Pacific Street, and we got the OED, and we looked in there, and there are 14 definitions of hope, none of which really hits you between the eyes as being the appropriate one.
所以, 我和Sarah 去了公共图书馆, 离太平洋大街只有四个街区的路, 然后我们拿了OED. 我们查到了希望的14种定义, 没有一个合适的解释 能真正打动你.