Hoon.
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.
2014년 6월 10일 오후 5:36
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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.
2014년 6월 10일
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"pious" has the connotation of religious or devoted. "futile" means hopeless.
2014년 6월 10일
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