Maodun and Luxun lingered between despair and hope on many occasions. The conflict about despair and hope forms a group of great tension in their works.

茅盾与鲁迅屡屡地在绝望与希望之间徘徊，绝望与希望的对抗在鲁迅与茅盾的作品中形成了一组巨大的张力。

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He fluctuated between hope and despair.

他时而充满希望时而失望。

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He alternated between hope and despair.

他时而充满希望，时而绝望。

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Because there was no hope and the situation was so frightening, I was between hope and despair, between life and death.

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Sally's also suspicious that Matt, a decade older, is hiding a wife someplace, yet Paulsen skillfully alternates between hope, suspicion, despair and glimpses of fondness for Matt.

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