a fond hope/beliefPROBABLYa belief or hope that something will happen, which seems silly because it is very unlikely to happen 天真的希望/信念in the fond hope/belief that They sent him to another school in the fond hope that his behaviour would improve. 他们把他送到另一所学校，天真地希望他的行为会有所改善。
a fond hope/belief• That overcautious disposition was noticed long ago, but there was a fond hope that experience would cure it.
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