pipe_dream是什么意思_pipe_dream读音|解释_pipe_dream同义词|反义词

词源

源自抽鸦片烟时出现的幻觉。

发音

• （澳洲）音频

名词

pipe dream（复数 pipe dreams）

1. (俗语) 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, 页号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.

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   近义词： castle in the air、pie in the sky

参考资料

• “pipe dream”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.