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pipe dream

英 [ˈpaɪp driːm]

美 [ˈpaɪp driːm]

n.  脱离实际的愿望; 行不通的计划; 妄想

牛津词典

    noun

    • 脱离实际的愿望;行不通的计划;妄想
      a hope or plan that is impossible to achieve or not practical

      柯林斯词典

      • N-COUNT 白日梦;不切实际的空想
        Apipe dreamis a hope or plan that you have which you know will never really happen.
        1. You could waste your whole life on a pipe-dream.
          白日梦会荒废你一生。

      英英释义

      noun

      • a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
        1. I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
        Synonym:dream

      双语例句

      • Just a decade ago, music streaming services like spotify and Pandora seemed like a pipe dream: vast libraries of legal music that could be accessed with just a computer or phone.
        仅仅十年前,Spotify和Pandora这样的流媒体音乐服务看起来还像是白日梦,没人能想到有朝一日,我们仅仅通过一台电脑或一部手机就能获得大量的合法音乐。
      • As national reform efforts stall, international harmonisation remains a pipe dream.
        随着每个国家的改革努力陷入停滞,国际协同仍然是一个白日梦。
      • I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe.
        一些现代派绘画具有梦幻色彩。
      • On the face of it, the idea of a pan-Asean exchange looks like a pipe dream.
        乍看起来,泛东盟交易所似乎是个白日梦。
      • That's just a pipe dream, anyway.
        无论如何这只是一个白日梦。
      • To not show emotion, you're an idiot, or you're living a pipe dream.
        你要么是一个白痴,要么你就是生活在幻觉里,你才会不显露自己的感情。
      • Magic moments like the ones I've encountered deep in the back streets, filled with the warmth and kindness of the smiling locals has me convinced that this goal is no pipe dream.
        我在小巷经历的那些充满温馨和友善的美妙时刻,满面笑容的北京人,看到这些,你不得不相信中国的目标一定会实现。
      • It's a nice little pipe dream.
        这是个美好的小幻想。
      • If not, the MDGs and poverty reduction are a pipe dream.
        否则,千年发展目标和减贫将是一场梦幻。
      • When I talk about gold medals, I'm not talking about a pipe dream, or thinking that they're going to fall from the sky.
        说到金牌,我可不是在做白日梦或者认为它们是从天而降的。我们那些已经取得佳绩的运动员会把它变成现实。