pipe dream

A computer age is not a pipe dream and there will come a day when most of our needs can be met by this wonderful machine.

电脑时代不是白日梦和将来总有那么一天，我们的大部分需要得到满足这个奇妙的机器。

But critics say that "clean coal" is a pipe dream, an oxymoron in terms of the carbon emissions that count most toward climate change.

然而批评者说，“清洁煤”只是一种幻想，由于二氧化碳的排放是引起气候变化的关键，因此“清洁煤”是一个自相矛盾的概念。

His study of the disarmament conference of 1932, Pipe Dream of Peace( London, 1935), remains the only attempt at a comprehensive treatment .

他对1932年的裁军谈判会议，《美梦和平》（伦敦，1935年）的研究，至今仍然是唯一一个试图全面分析（该问题）的研究。

Father's plan to build a forest cabin by the lake was just a pipe dream .

父亲想在湖滨筑一林中小屋的计划不过是个美梦罢了。

Many firms cheat on basic business practices, and ethical self-discipline is just a pipe dream.

许多公司在基本商业行为中存在欺诈，自我约束的道德只是一个在行进中的梦。

Savannah: For once in their life, a place where they won't have to worry about a thing, what do you think? Pipe dream, huh?

莎文娜：让他们有一个可以无忧无虑的地方，你觉得我的想法是不是白日梦？

They've thought through a plan to get from point A to point B, and that plan is no pipe dream.

他们通过计划从A点到达B点，并且这个计划并不是空想。

In environments like this, requirements are effectively changing all the time and stability of requirements is a pipe dream.

在这样的环境下，需求随时都会发生有影响的更改，需求的稳定只是个白日梦。

For foreign investors, the prospect of having access to a market of 1 billion consumers no longer seems like a pipe dream.

对于外商来说，进入拥有10亿消费者市场的前景不再是白日梦。

"They" said what I tried to attain was a pipe-dream and nothing more.

他们说我所尝试着去获得的仅仅是黄梁一梦。

The Financial Times described it as a "Cross between a frustrated cartel and a pipe dream. "

《金融时报》把它描绘成一个“失败的卡特尔”和白日痴梦相结合的杂种。

Bridging the gap between business and IT has always been, for the most part, a pipe dream for many a sponsor of SOA initiatives.

对于众多的SOA方案来说，想要填平业务与IT之间的鸿沟简直就是白日做梦。

Mr. Obama reminded us that charting a clean energy future is not a pipe dream and that America can reduce its dependence on foreign oil.

奥巴马先生提醒我们，为未来描绘一幅清洁能源的图景并不是一个幻想，美国也是可以减少其对于外国石油的依赖的。

It might sound like a pipe dream, but the OpenFlow consortium already claims to include a number of (still secret) switch manufacturers.

这听起来像是一个不切实际的梦想，但是OpenFlow的联合企业已经宣布了一些（仍然保密）“开关”制造商。

You can study acting as long as you like, but starring in a Hollywood movie is just a pipe dream.

只要你喜欢你就可以去学表演，但是主演一部好莱坞电影只是白日梦。

Re- inflating the bubble with liquidity is just a pipe dream.

再膨胀的泡沫与流动性仅仅是一个白日梦。

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。

Fuel- producing microbes long seemed more like a sci - fi pipe dream than a viable solution to the fossil-fuel crisis .

长期以来，能够生产燃料的微生物似乎更像是科幻小说中的一个幻想，而不是一个切实可行的解决能源危机的办法。

Dad, do you think I'm qualified for this job or is it just a pipe dream?

爸爸，你说我做这份工作够格么？还是你觉得这只是个白日梦？也许爸爸会说

The demise of the driving instructor may still be decades away, but the project is no mere pipe-dream.

或许令驾驶教练绝迹尚需几十年，但是该项目绝非仅是黄梁美梦。