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Can I replace 'pious hope' with 'futile hope' in this sentence?
His speech contained no practical solutions, just the pious hope that the war would end soon.
10 giu 2014 17:36
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You can make that substitution, but the meaning will change.
Futile means ineffective (not hopeless).
Pious means devote. It also can mean worthy.
10 giugno 2014
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"pious" has the connotation of religious or devoted.
"futile" means hopeless.
10 giugno 2014
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Competenze linguistiche
Cinese (cantonese), Cinese (taiwanese), Inglese, Coreano
Lingua di apprendimento
Cinese (taiwanese), Inglese
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