核心畫面
A person looking ahead and already treating the good outcome as likely — not certain, but leaning towards it. The word then turns : something that makes other people lean that way too, and finally the person themselves, still waiting to be chosen.
可以想成一個人望向前方，心裡已經把好結果當成「很可能會發生」——不是確定，但重心是往那邊倒的。這個字從這裡分兩步走：…更多收起
可以想成一個人望向前方，心裡已經把好結果當成「很可能會發生」——不是確定，但重心是往那邊倒的。這個字從這裡分兩步走：一步是把這份心情往外送，變成「讓別人也升起希望」的消息或跡象；另一步是把這份心情整個做成一個人的稱呼——那個還在等結果、正在爭取機會的人。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hopefuladj/ˈhəʊpfl̩/
- 1
feeling hope
- I have been very hopeful.
- I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
- 2
inspiring hope
- It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again.
- The night was further proof that the Democratic Party’s cruel summer had given way to a more hopeful election season.
hopefulnoun/ˈhəʊpfl̩/
- 1
Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
- Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and several other Republican presidential hopefuls spent Tuesday in New Hampshire, while Mike Pence, the former vice president, was in Iowa.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。