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

• 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。
• It's a nice little pipe dream.
  这是个美好的小幻想。
• 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。
• I would like to buy a villa in Spain when I retire, but with my limited resources it is only a pipe dream.
  我退休后想在西班牙买一栋别墅，但就我有限的财力而言，这只是一种空想。
• 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。
• That's just a pipe dream, anyway.
  无论如何这只是一个白日梦。
• 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。
• 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 not a pipe dream, go for it.
  当然不是白日梦了，尽管去吧。
• You know, I told her it was a pipe dream.
  你知道，我告诉她这不切实际。