プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
のぞみ【望み】
❶〔願望〕a wish ((for; to do))；〔強い願望〕a desire ((for; to do))
望みがかなった
His wish was fulfilled [granted].
望みをかなえる
grant a person's wish
彼女には金持ちと結婚したいという望みがあった
She wanted [《文》 cherished a desire] to marry a rich man.
すべて彼の望み通りにいった
Everything turned out as he wished [desired].
望みが大きすぎる
You are too ambitious.／You are aiming too high.
お望みのものを何でもお取りください
Please take anything you like [wish/want].
肉を食べようと，魚を食べようとお望み次第です
You may have meat or fish, as you like.
❷〔期待〕(a) hope ((of; that))；〔予期〕expectations
息子に望みをかけていた
He placed [pinned] his hopes on his son.
望みに反して叔母は遺産を遠縁の者に残した
Contrary to his expectations, his aunt left her property to a distant relative.
逃げられるという望みを最後まで捨ててはいけない
Never give up hope that you may be able to escape.
彼らの生存の望みはあまりない
There is 「little possibility [not much hope] of their being alive.
そのエラーで彼らの勝利は望み薄になった
That error dimmed the prospects of their winning.
❸〔人望〕popularity
級友の望みを一身に集めている
He is the most popular among his classmates.