Definisi : ~ of life, jangkaan /umur, hayat/; /against, contrary to /(all) ~(s), bertentangan drpd apa yg /dijangka, diharapkan/: Williams, against all ~s, won the world championship, Williams, bertentangan drpd apa yg dijangka, memenangi kejohanan dunia itu; beyond /~, o’s ~s /, better than was hoped for, lebih baik drpd yg diharapkan: the concert was beyond our ~, konsert itu lebih baik drpd yg kami harapkan; /fall short of, not come up to/ so’s ~s, tdk sebaik spt yg sso harapkan: I always enjoy listening to his albums, but his latest hit single really fell short of my ~s, saya selalu seronok mendengar albumnya, tetapi lagu hit terbarunya tdk sebaik spt yg saya harapkan; live up to so’s ~s, memenuhi jangkaan sso. (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : n 1. a. strong belief, that st will happen, jangkaan, menjangka: she has no ~ of getting the job, dia memang tdk menjangka akan mendapat kerja itu; in ~ of, krn menjangka: I brought in the washing in ~ of rain, saya membawa masuk pakaian yg tersidai di ampaian krn menjangka hujan akan turun; b. hope that st will happen or one will get st, harapan: I have abandoned all ~ that the company will break even this year, saya tdk lagi menaruh sebarang harapan syarikat itu akan pulang modal pd tahun ini; 2. (usu in pl) st expected, harapan: she had high ~s for his future, dia mempunyai harapan yg tinggi thdp masa depan anaknya; naive young women with ~s of meeting Mr. Right, gadis-gadis naif yg menaruh harapan akan berjumpa dgn lelaki idaman; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)