“但愿如此”常见的英语表达有:“I hope so.” 、“Hopefully so.” 、“Let's hope so.”
“I hope so.” 是最常见和直接的表达,意思是“我希望如此”,例如:A: Will it stop raining soon? B: I hope so. (A:雨很快会停吗?B:但愿如此。)
“Hopefully so.” 中“hopefully”有“怀着希望地;但愿”的意思,例如:Hopefully so. We really need the good weather. (但愿如此。我们真的需要好天气。)
“Let's hope so.” 则有一种“让我们期望是这样”的意味,比如:Let's hope so. Otherwi , we'll have a lot of problems. (但愿如此。否则,我们会有很多问题。)