hopes in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hopes in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.hope [həʊp] N

hope

nada f

I don't hold out much hope of ...

ne nadam se preterano da ...

there is little hope that ...

ima malo izgleda da ...

to give up hope

izgubiti nadu

to live in hope

nadati se

to pin all one's hopes on sb/sth

uzdati se u nekog/nešto

in the hope of doing sth

u nadi da...

Phrases:

to not have a hope in hell

nemati nikakvih izgleda

hope springs eternal prov

nada umire poslednja

II.hope [həʊp] VB intr

hope

nadati se for - nečemu

it's good news, I hope

to su dobre vesti, nadam se

to hope for the best

nadati se najboljem

to hope against hope [that] ...

gajiti pustu/očajničku nadu

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undermine hopes

srušiti // rušiti

undermine hopes

uništiti // uništavati

smother hopes

ugušiti // gušiti

smother hopes

ubiti // ubijati fig

defeat hopes

osujetiti // osujećivati lit

defeat hopes

razvejati perf

to snuff out sb's hopes

uništiti nekome nadu

quash hopes, plans

raspršiti

fig to deal sb's hopes a knockout blow

raspršiti/uništiti nečije nade

devout hope, wish

iskren

unbounded hope

beskrajan

our only remaining hope

naša jedina preostala nada

hopes Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

fig to deal sb's hopes a knockout blow

raspršiti/uništiti nečije nade

to ruin sb's hopes

porušiti nečije nade

to snuff out sb's hopes

uništiti nekome nadu

to revive sb's hopes

pobuditi nečije nade

to see one's hopes vanishing

gledati kako se raspršuju nade

to pin all one's hopes on sth fig

polagati sve nade u nešto

to have high hopes

imati velika očekivanja

to place one's hopes on sb/sth

polagati nade u nekoga/nešto

to pin all one's hopes on sb/sth

uzdati se u nekog/nešto

to vest one's hopes in sb/sth

položiti nade u nekoga/nešto

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A ragtag defense force has been assembled by the leaders of humanity in the hopes of being able to fend of the invasion.

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They are simply people living their lives, with their own joys and sorrows, hopes and fears.

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He then hopes to harvest stem cells -- which can develop into almost any organ -- and coax them to produce insulin in diabetics.

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Don, who is a residential school survivor, is waiting for his second compensation payment, and hopes to set up a money-management plan for it.

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I must admit, though, it is somewhat of a cumbrous task to bank all hopes on individuals who do not keep their promises.

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Despite all hopes, reorganization plans fell through and the company passed into bankruptcy and the hands of a receiver.

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But time and again, reporters give new appointees a public tongue-bath in hopes of later getting access to a scoop in return for the self-abasement.

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Panicked, the players assume that the girls are either dead or dying, and run off in the hopes that nobody will discover what has happened.

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She once desired more children but after nine miscarriages and two ectopic pregnancies her hopes ended with menopause.

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The couple hopes their two sons will eventually join them in the farm business, but both have off-farm careers currently.

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