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.- You could waste your whole life on a pipe-dream.
白日梦会荒废你一生。
- You could waste your whole life on a pipe-dream.
英英释义
noun
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
双语例句
- Otherwise, the drive for the four modernizations will become a pipe dream.
否则，搞四个现代化就会变成一句空话。 - It's only a pipe dream, but I wish I could meet him.
那不过是个空想，但我真希望能见到他。 - This is a pipe dream that can cost you both time and money.
这是一个梦想，你既可以成本时间和金钱。 - Moving abroad? It's just a pipe dream at the moment.
移居国外？目前看来是白日梦。 - Father's plan to build a forest cabin by the lake was just a pipe dream.
父亲想在湖滨筑一林中小屋的计划不过是个美梦罢了。 - Her plans of becoming an opera singer will never be more that a pipe dream& her voice is really not good enough.
她成为一名歌剧演唱家的打算永远只能是个白日梦&她的嗓子不够好。 - That's just a pipe dream, anyway.
无论如何这只是一个白日梦。 - Saying that you want something different without thinking and acting differently ensures that you continue to have your pipe dream.
你总是在念叨想要不同的生活，却不想也不做不同的事，这会保证你永远做的是白日梦。 - 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。