pie-in-the-sky

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpaɪ n̩ ðə ˈskaɪ/    美 /ˈpaɪ n̩ ðə ˈskaɪ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking reality and serviceability. idiomatic
    — a pie-in-the-sky patent
  2. Of a dream unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable. idiomatic
    — “Halving poverty in 15 years seems like the most pie-in-the-sky goal imaginable,” said Mark Malloch Brown, head of the U.N. Development Program. “But it’s really quite doable. And the people who can do it are right here.

词形变化

more pie-in-the-sky comparative most pie-in-the-sky superlative pie in the sky alternative

词源

From the noun pie in the sky.
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