不大相信某事會發生
hold out little, etc. hope (of sth / that…)
to offer little, etc. reason for believing that sth will happen
The doctors did not hold out much hope for her recovery.醫生們對她的痊癒不抱什麼希望。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版