mirage

noun

1. 幻景；海市蜃楼
   an effect caused by hot air in deserts or on roads, that makes you think you can see sth, such as water, which is not there
2. 幻想；妄想
   a hope or wish that you cannot make happen because it is not realistic
   1. His idea of love was a mirage.
      他的爱情观不现实。

1. N-COUNT 海市蜃楼;幻境
   A mirage is something which you see when it is extremely hot, for example in the desert, and which appears to be quite near but is actually a long way away or does not really exist.
   1. Through my half-closed eyelids I began to see mirages...
      透过我半睁半闭的双眼，我看到了海市蜃楼。
   2. It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
      它在他眼前晃动，好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。
2. N-COUNT 妄想;幻想
   If you describe something as a mirage, you mean that it is not real or true, although it may seem to be.
   1. The girl was a mirage, cast up by his troubled mind...
      那个女孩是他的幻觉，是他那忧郁不安的头脑妄想出来的。
   2. The objectivity of science is a mirage.
      所谓科学的客观性是一种幻想。

1. Through my half-closed eyelids I began to see mirages
   透过我半睁半闭的双眼，我看到了海市蜃楼。
2. It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
   它在他眼前晃动，好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。
3. The girl was a mirage, cast up by his troubled mind
   那个女孩是他的幻觉，是他那忧郁不安的头脑妄想出来的。
4. The objectivity of science is a mirage.
   所谓科学的客观性是一种幻想。
5. The government said it was preparing a squadron of eighteen Mirage fighter planes.
   政府称其正筹建一个由18架“幻影”战斗机组成的空军中队。
6. The mirage is quite a spectacular sight.
   海市蜃楼是一大奇观。
7. A problem-free life is an illusion-a mirage in the desert.
   没有问题的人生是一种幻想&是沙漠中的海市蜃楼。
8. But for too many, that optimistic picture is still a mirage.
   但是，对很多人而言，这一乐观景象仍然只是一种幻想。
9. Are you having the same mirage I'm having?
   你也和我一样，看到海市蜃楼了吗？
10. I saw a mirage that made highway ahead seem to be flooded with water.
    我看见一个幻影，前面的公路好像被水淹没了一样。
11. I stared at the canteen as if it were a mirage.
    我目不转睛地看着水壶，似乎它是一个海市蜃楼似的。
12. I will drown in mirage with you, though I am not your Messiah.
    我会与你沉沦幻境，虽然我不能拯救你。
13. The American dream has become a mirage for too many of us.
    对于我们的多数人来说，美国梦已经变成了一个遥不可及的海市蜃楼。
14. Like the mirage, this is a result of light being refracted by clouds.
    这同海市蜃楼一样，乃云、光折射作用的结果。
15. Almost all people think a mirage is an illusion, but I disagree.
    几乎所有的人都认为海市蜃楼是一个虚像，但我却持不同意见。
16. Make sure you're involved with a real person and not a mirage.
    你一定要确保你在和一个真实而非虚幻的人相处。
17. A mirage is an optical illusion.
    海市蜃楼是一种视错觉。
18. Come on! The mirage might be gone in a few minutes.
    赶快！这海市蜃楼也许几分钟后就要消失了。
19. If you walk in the desert, sometimes you will see mirage around you because of the heat.
    如果你在沙漠中行走，由于高温的天气，有时候你会看到周围有海市蜃楼的景象。
20. The mirage, and with it hopes of a speedy recovery, has vanished.
    海市蜃楼及其伴随的快速复苏希望，已经破灭了。
21. A mirage in the desert is deceptive.
    沙漠中的海市蜃楼是一种假象。
22. Then a dynamic model based on the atmospheric gravity waves is introduced to simulate the dynamic change of mirage.
    提出了基于大气重力波模型的海市蜃楼动态变化模型；
23. If you are lucky enough, you may be able to see a mirage from Penglai Pavilion.
    如果你运气好的话，能从蓬莱阁上看到海市蜃楼。
24. Vision or mirage, Dr de Grey has defined the problem precisely.
    不论是“远见”还是“海市蜃楼”，德•戈瑞博士已经准确地给出了这个问题的定义。
25. Travelers on the desert may see a mirage of palm trees and water.
    旅行者在沙漠可能看到棕榈树和水的幻觉。
26. And he said I was like a mirage.
    还有他说他象在妄想。
27. It is a mirage and they know it.
    这是幻想，他们知道这点。
28. Is that a mirage my eyes pick out through the gloom?
    难道是我在这一片阴暗中看到了海市蜃楼？
29. The mirage stops you from seeing the obvious, the preciousness of Being.
    这些幻想阻止你去看见显而易见，存在最珍贵的显象。

noun

1. something illusory and unattainable

2. an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects