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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Eg. it feels really cool, but the idea of actually reading it is kind of a pipe dream.
它给人的感觉非常的酷，能够读懂布莱叶盲文是一个让人尖叫的梦想。 - 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。 - 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。 - You can study acting as long as you like, but starring in a Hollywood movie is just a pipe dream.
只要你喜欢你就可以去学表演，但是主演一部好莱坞电影只是白日梦。 - 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。 - It's a nice little pipe dream.
这是个美好的小幻想。