pipe dream
參見:pipedream
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
源自抽鸦片烟时出现的幻觉。
发音[编辑]
(澳洲)音频 (文檔)
名词[编辑]
pipe dream (複數 pipe dreams)
- (俗語) 不切实际的妄想
- I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school.
- 我觉得他要成为专业田径选手的目标就是做梦,他应该待在学校里。
- 1962 December,“Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”,出自 Modern Railways, 頁號376:
- Only a year ago it would have needed a "super-Micawber" to be optimistic that the railways would once again pay their way. But it was no longer a pipe dream that B.R. could make a profit, the way to do it was now clear.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
参考资料[编辑]
- “pipe dream”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.