"Hope against hope" nghĩa là gì?

Hi vọng vào một tương lai tươi sáng. Photo by: Ben White on Unsplash

"Hope against hope" -> nghĩa là 'hi vọng nối tiếp hi vọng'.

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As shown for years in these pages, Darwinians commit two fouls (phạm lỗi) in their scientific papers (bài báo khoa học) about the Cambrian explosion. One is to completely ignore the arguments by Darwin skeptics (hoài nghi) for intelligent design. The second is to hope against hope that a suggestion here or there might “shed light” on the Cambrian radiation. Each time, they issue promissory (phát hành) notes that someday Darwin’s Doubt may no longer “remain inexplicable (không thể giải thích).” Their critics should say, “Time’s up. You guys lost.”

U.S. homeland security (Bộ An ninh Nội địa) leaders, federal prosecutors (công tố viên liên bang), and perhaps most Members of Congress hope against hope they've done all they can to deter (ngăn cản) Americans from joining global jihadist groups that want to harm their own country and kill fellow citizens. Enhanced investigative (tăng cường điều tra) powers and stiff prison sentences are the tools of the trade.

The three-quarters (ba phần tư 3/4) of voters who reject a no-deal Brexit could only hope against hope that, just possibly, Hunt might defy the odds (thành công dù ko ai nghĩ sẽ vậy) and persuade the Brexit-crazed old white men of the Tory tribe to think again. No longer. The only useful role for the inevitable loser in the Conservative leadership contest was to pull the next prime minister back into the realms of reality (cõi thực tại).

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