柯林斯詞典white hope 1. N a person who is expected to bring honour or glory to his group, team, etc 被團(tuán)隊(duì)寄予厚望的人[非正式] 返回 white hope劍橋詞典UK a person or thing that people hope will be very successful in the near future 被寄予厚望的人(或事物) This new car is seen as the great white hope of the industry . 這款新車(chē)被該行業(yè)寄予厚望。 US used, especially in the past to refer to a white person who is expected to be more successful than a black or Hispanic person , for example a boxer or basketball player (尤其在過(guò)去,被寄予厚望在拳擊或籃球等比賽中勝過(guò)黑人或西班牙裔人的)白人 返回 white hope