3PHRASE 难以付诸实施的构想(或计划);渺茫的希望;空口的许诺 If you describe an idea, plan, or promise of something good as pie in the sky, you mean that you think that it is very unlikely to happen. 难以付诸实施的构想(或计划);渺茫的希望;空口的许诺
The true regeneration of devastated Docklands seemed like pie in the sky.
遭毁坏码头区的真正重建看起来希望渺茫。
He can't help thinking it's all just 'pie in the sky' talk.
他禁不住想所有这些不过是“画饼充饥”的空话而已。
SYN a false hope, a fantasy, an illusion, a mirage
ADJECTIVE | ... OF PIE | VERB + PIE | PIE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤apple, chicken, meat, pumpkin (especially NAmE) , etc.蘋果餡餅、雞肉餡餅、肉餡餅、南瓜餡餅等▸➤mud (= mud in the shape of pies, made by children)(兒童揑着玩兒的)小泥餅... OF PIE➤piece, slice一塊/一片餡餅VERB + PIE➤bake, cook, make烘烤餡餅;做餡餅PIE + NOUN➤filling餡餅的餡▸➤dish, pan, plate (NAmE) 餡餅碟;餡餅鍋;餡餅盤PREPOSITION➤in a/the pie在餡餅裏◇What's the filling in these pies?這些餡餅是什麼餡的?➡ topic at food