怀着能碰到有用的人的一线希望？
“in the vain hope of bumping into someone useful four months later?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么 都过了四个月 他让你们整天坐在外面
“What, he's got you sitting outside all day”
怀着能 碰到 有用 的人 的 一线希望 ？
“in the vain hope of bumping into someone useful four months later?”
要么他对你们两个 极度没信心 这也是有可能的
“Either he has zero faith in either of you, which is possible, or…”
“Are you seriously that naive to think waiting out here will actually accomplish anything?”
Framing an unlikely scenario as a rhetorical question is a common spoken tactic in Chinese peer banter to highlight someone's foolishness without aggressive vulgarity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a ray of hope; a slim chance
Commonly used to describe an extremely faint possibility or desperate optimism.
harboring / carrying the hope that...
A standard collocation describing one's internal emotional motivation or mindset.
