寄托的英文是bailment、sustenance、leave with sb、entrust to the care of sb。
寄托的本意是心灵的某种依靠，即在人郁闷、伤心、迷茫的时候需要安慰，却找不到身边真实的依靠时，心中那不切实际的，幻想的依靠；寄托是一种源自于精神层面本能的需求，它是将负面情绪疏导至被寄托处，以缓解内心感到的不安，这是一种给精神的药剂。
例句：
1、无缘无故地寄托希望是愚蠢的。
It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.
2、现在所有的希望都寄托在你的身上。
All our hopes now rest on you.
3、他没有什么内在精神寄托，因而害怕独处。
He has no inner resources and hates being alone.
4、她放弃了水疗法和其他别的，把希望寄托在止痛药上。
She dropped the water treatment and everything else, and pinned her faith to Pain-killer.
5、他们不仅仅屈从于权利和野心的甘露，同时外界的敌人们将自己的希望寄托在他们两个人身上。
Not only had they succumbed to the nectar of power and ambition, but also the enemy outside built up their hopes with them.
繁星若雨
