It had been his last, desperate hope.

这他仅存一点渺茫。

And that gives us the expression pie in the sky.

这给了我们“pie in the sky”（渺茫）这个表达。

A) ;;It is getting so serious that there is little hope of solution.

事情变得如此严重以至于解决渺茫。

His hesitation did not last long, however.

而这种援那样渺茫。但他犹豫并没继续很久。

Shaky hopes for Syria's peace on the stable and neutral ground of Geneva.

在稳定中立日内瓦谈论叙利亚渺茫和平问题。

Hope is something that’s hard to come by when it comes to Ebola.

谈到埃博拉病毒时，很渺茫。

But no one is expecting action before $85 billion in spending cuts take effect.

但在850美元财政开支自动缩减实施前出台有效政策渺茫。

Negotiators last met in July and there is little hope that a breakthrough will come soon.

谈判代表上次会面在7月份，当时谈判取得突破渺茫。

But it has little hope of obtaining a similar agreement with America's Federal Reserve.

但与美联储达成类似协议渺茫。

I realized that, you know, the odds of him ever making it for between slim and none.

我意识到, 你知道, 他有可能在渺茫和没有情况下做到。

Just there being adrift in space with zero promise of rescue is more fun than it sounds.

在宇宙中漂泊，获渺茫，这段经历比听起来更加有趣。

One official said searchers are not expecting to find any survivors, based on the condition of the remains.

其中一名官员表示，搜人员根据遗体判断，发现生还者渺茫。

The chances of the federal government implementing such a policy seem remote. But how would such a scheme work?

联邦政府执行这项政策机会似乎渺茫。但这样计划如何运作呢？

With dwindling hope, my eyes scoured the rest of the cafeteria, hoping to find him alone, waiting for me.

带着越来越渺茫，我眼睛搜索着自助餐厅余下部分，能看见他独自坐着，等着我。

Back then, he said, the city-state's chances of becoming a leading Asian tech center were bleak, to say the least.

他说，当时新加坡成为亚洲领先科技中心机会" 至少可以说渺茫" 。

Assuming he defeats Curtis Sliwa, the beret wearing, long-shot Republican candidate, Mr Adams will become the city's second African-American mayor.

如果亚当斯击败了戴着贝雷帽、渺茫共和党候选人柯蒂斯·斯里瓦，那么他将成为该市第二位非裔美国人市长。

" I'm not gonna stop until we do it, " though congressional prospects for more action on guns are slim.

尽管国会在枪支问题上采取更多行动前景渺茫，但他表示：“不这么做，我不会罢休。”

Even women who have kept their jobs have faced reduced prospects of promotion.

即使保住了工作女性也面临晋升前景渺茫问题。

(Laughter) Always a slim chance you can afford it.

(笑声)总有一个渺茫机会, 你可以负担得起。

With regulations poorly enforced and perpetrators of child fatalities rarely punished, the fate of improving horse racing standards is a slim.

由于监管不力，造成儿童死亡肇事者很少受到惩罚，提高赛马标准渺茫。