hope作希望可数。

It was a hope rather than an expectation .
此仅为希望多于预期而已。

The ebbing of his hope drained his faith .
希望的幻灭使他失去了信心。
The future is not without hope.

未来并非没有希望。

They have small hope of succeeding. 

他们成功的希望不大。