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Medal hopes獎牌希望

China decided to prioritise their medal_hopes_ (hopes/wishes)and put most of their resources into the sport events that they had the best chance of gaining medals in.


2014-01-11 19:40:50 補充：
Why is 'hopes' the correct word?
The meaning of 'hope' here is "a person or thing that gives cause for hope". The things here are the sport events which were chosen to be the target events because they give hope for winning a medal.

2014-01-11 19:50:23 補充：
As 'wish' does not have a meaning of "a person or thing that gives cause for a wish", "medal wishes" is not to be used in this context.
However, we do write "medal wishes" when it means "the wishes to get medals". For example, USA sprinters fall short of medal wishes.

2014-01-11 19:50:48 補充：
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2014-01-11 19:58:20 補充：
Here "medal wishes" are the "medals that the sprinters wished for".

haha><………thx Godfrey!!!

Wish is a longing or desire for something that is difficult to obtain or achieve.
Hope is a feeling of confidence that what you want to happen might happen.
~ except when "wish" is used in cards/letters, "Best Wishes"
or Christmas greetings, "Wish you a Merry Christmas"

2014-01-12 09:53:25 補充：
例子:
Wish I can do it. (It is most unlikely that I can do it.)
Hope you like our food here.

You say "I hope you have a good time in Hawaii"
~嚴格來說, not "I wish you have a good time in Hawaii"

Medal hopes
because wishes are less strong than wishes
and we usually use this word

2014-01-11 19:16:24 補充：
less strong than hopes
oops sorry