hope指能看到的，能预见的希望，并不十分遥远．
如：
I hope to go to college.
我希望上大学。
The foreign friends hope that they can join the celebrations for the university's eighty anniversary.
外国朋友们希望能参加八十周年校庆活动。
We hope for an early answer to our letter.
盼早日赐覆。
I hope you'll be better soon.
我希望你能很快好起来



wish指一种理想化的希望，并不一定能实现
如：
I wish we had a car.
要是我们有一辆车多好啊。
I wish you a very happy future.
祝你一生幸福。
I wish I were 30 years younger.
我但愿自己能年轻三十岁。
I wish I know.
但愿我知道。
I wish I were a cat.
如果我是只猫多好。

参考文献：金山词霸