glimmer：（v）发出微弱的闪光；（n）微弱的闪光
While it offers only a glimmer of hope, the news that Islamabad and Delhi are preparing to liberalise trade between each other could not be more timely.
而巴基斯坦和印度两国准备实现双边贸易自由化的消息，尽管提供的仅仅是一丝希望，却是来的再及时不过。
The future that is beginning to glimmer on the horizon has better rules of engagement in our financial systems and a greater commitment to the common good.
目前正在地平线上发出微光的未来，有对我们金融体系的更好的契约规则和对一般商品更大的义务。
I love better than any theory the sound of the Gate of Ivory, turning upon its hinges, and hold that he alone who has passed the rose-strewn threshold can catch the far glimmer of the Gate of Horn.
比起理论来，我更喜欢象牙之门的声音，喜欢聆听铰链的转动，并相信，倘若一个人能越过撒满玫瑰的门槛，他便能望见远方牛角之门的微光。
glimmering（n）微光，迹象
We began to see a glimmering of a solution to the problem
我们开始看到问题可望解决的迹象。
gleam：（n）闪光，通常指反光
gleam in sb’s eyes 酝酿中的意念，令人向往的人和事物
1There is no gleam of hope.
没有一线希望了。
Though the most successful founders are usually good people, they tend to have a piratical gleam in their eye.
尽管最成功的创业者通常都是好人，但他们眼睛里似乎都闪烁着海盗般的光芒。
It was whispered, by those who peered after her, that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passage-way of the interior.
那些目光随着她身影窥视的人耳语着说，她胸前的红字在中内黑漆漆的通路上投下了一道血红的闪光。