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

• 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。
• You had to put it all on the line for some Vegas pipe dream.
  你为了圆拉斯维加斯的梦，把什么都压上了。
• 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。
• It's a nice little pipe dream.
  这是个美好的小幻想。
• 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。
• 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。
• When I talk about gold medals, I'm not talking about a pipe dream, or thinking that they're going to fall from the sky.
  说到金牌，我可不是在做白日梦或者认为它们是从天而降的。我们那些已经取得佳绩的运动员会把它变成现实。
• If not, the MDGs and poverty reduction are a pipe dream.
  否则，千年发展目标和减贫将是一场梦幻。
• Moving abroad? It's just a pipe dream at the moment.
  移居国外？目前看来是白日梦。
• He would love to have a beautiful mansion, but that is a pipe dream.
  他很想有栋豪宅，但只是一种空想。