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

• I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe.
  一些现代派绘画具有梦幻色彩。
• 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。
• 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。
• Moving abroad? It's just a pipe dream at the moment.
  移居国外？目前看来是白日梦。
• You know, I told her it was a pipe dream.
  你知道，我告诉她这不切实际。
• 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 a nice little pipe dream.
  这是个美好的小幻想。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。