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。
• 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。
• The trouble with your pipe dream is that it would cost you$ 10,000.
  你空想的问题是，那要花你一万元钱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Moving abroad? It's just a pipe dream at the moment.
  移居国外？目前看来是白日梦。
• 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。