fantasists

英 [ˈfæntəsɪsts]

美 [ˈfæntəsɪsts]

n. 爱吹牛的人; 牛皮大王
fantasist的复数

N-COUNT 爱吹牛的人;牛皮大王
A fantasist is someone who constantly tells lies about their life and achievements in order to make them sound more exciting than they really are.
1. Singleton was a fantasist who claimed to have a karate blackbelt.
  辛格尔顿是个牛皮大王，他自称有一条空手道黑带。

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Fantasists and fanatics believe that across-the-board pay increases suddenly improve staff productivity.
幻想家和狂热分子以为，全面涨薪可以骤然提高员工生产率。
There is a delicate balance to be struck between positive thinking and overcaution which can inhibit action. But steer clear of the fantasists whose ambitions wildly exceed their abilities and resources.
在乐观的思考与会抑制行动的过分谨慎之间是可以达到一个微妙的平衡的，但要避开那些野心远远超过自身能力和资源的幻想家。
Philosophers and pop psychologists spent centuries trying to explain humankind, but only in 1996 did the South African novelist Jo-Anne Richards and I finally identify the three basic human types: strivers, slackers and fantasists.
哲学家和大众心理学家花费了数百年时间，试图理解人类，但直到1996年，南非小说家约-安妮理查兹（Jo-AnneRichards）和我才终于确定，人类有三种基本类型：拼搏者、游手好闲者和幻想者。