Hoped-for is a describing word you put in front of a noun. It means you want that thing to happen, and you also think it might really happen — not a wild dream, and not a sure thing either. A hoped-for win is the win you are waiting for and believe could come.

Hoped-for is是一個 you你 put in front of a noun放在名詞前面 a describing word的描述詞。 It means它的意思是：you你 want that thing to happen希望那件事發生，and you also think而且你也覺得 it might really happen它可能真的會發生——not a wild dream不是空想，and not a sure thing either也不是十拿九穩的事。 A hoped-for win一場 hoped-for 的勝利，is就是 you你 are waiting for一直在等、and believe could come也相信可能會來 the win的那場勝利。

Newspapers, teachers, and careful speakers use it a lot: the hoped-for recovery, the hoped-for baby, the hoped-for change in the weather. It feels quietly hopeful, not loud, and a little formal.

Newspapers, teachers, and careful speakers報紙、老師和說話謹慎的人 use it a lot很常用它：the hoped-for recovery盼望中的復甦、the hoped-for baby盼望中的寶寶、the hoped-for change in the weather盼望中的天氣轉變。 It它 feels quietly hopeful給人的感覺是安安靜靜的盼望，not loud不張揚，and a little formal還有一點正式。

You almost never put it after the verb. People do not say the result was hoped-for. They say the result we had hoped for, with the words split, or they keep hoped-for only as a label before the noun.

You你 almost never幾乎不會 put it after the verb把它放在動詞後面。 People人們 do not say不會說 the result was hoped-for「結果是盼望中的」。 They他們 say會說 the result we had hoped for我們原本盼望的結果，with the words split把這幾個字拆開來，or或者 they他們 keep hoped-for only as a label before the noun只把 hoped-for 留在名詞前面當標籤。

If nobody ever thought the thing was likely, hoped-for is the wrong coat to put on it.

If nobody ever thought如果從來沒有人覺得 the thing was likely那件事有可能發生，hoped-for is就是 to put on it給它穿的 the wrong coat那件錯的外套。