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
- 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。 - For me, it is just a pipe dream to travel to The Moon.
对我而言，去月球旅行只是白日梦。 - The idea that they could be freed from the clutches of national governments was a pipe dream.
有人认为它们能摆脱民族国家政府的控制，这种想法就是白日做梦。 - That's just a pipe dream, anyway.
无论如何这只是一个白日梦。 - 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。 - I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe.
一些现代派绘画具有梦幻色彩。 - 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。 - It's not a pipe dream, go for it.
当然不是白日梦了，尽管去吧。 - 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。 - 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。