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
- Alternative fuel for vehicles, once a pipe dream, has become a reality.
汽车代用燃料，曾经是一个可望不可及的梦，可现在却日行日近。 - I would like to buy a villa in Spain when I retire, but with my limited resources it is only a pipe dream.
我退休后想在西班牙买一栋别墅，但就我有限的财力而言，这只是一种空想。 - 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。 - That's just a pipe dream, anyway.
无论如何这只是一个白日梦。 - 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。 - 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。 - Peter's idea of becoming a movie star is only a pipe dream.
彼特想成为电影明星的愿望只是一个白日梦。 - My friend Johnny has this pipe dream about becoming a famous movie star.
我的朋友约翰尼一直在白日做梦想成为一个有名的电影明星。 - 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。 - 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。