1·You could waste your whole life on a pipe dream.
你可以在白日梦上浪费一辈子时间。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Is this a pipe dream?
这只是个白日梦么？
3·A shiny new pipe dream.
闪亮的管子崭新的梦想。
4·You can forget it. It's only a pipe dream.
你可以忘掉它，那只是空想。
5·For its detractors, it is a mere pipe dream.
而对于其批评者来说，这只不过是白日做梦。
6·For me, it is just a pipe dream to travel to The Moon.
对我而言，去月球旅行只是白日梦。
7·Her plans for a movie career were nothing but a pipe dream.
她计划进入影视圈简直就是在做白日梦。
8·Her plans for a movie career had all been a pipe dream.
她计划进入影视圈只是痴心妄想。
9·This is a pipe dream at best--but one that we should at least aspire to.
这充其量就是一个白日梦，不过我们至少应该对此怀有渴望。
10·He would love to have a beautiful mansion, but that is a pipe dream.
他很想有栋豪宅，但只是一种空想。