[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
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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。
The objectivity of science is a mirage.
所谓科学的客观性是一种幻想。
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mir·age/ˈmɪrɑːʒ;mɪˈrɑːʒ; NAmEməˈrɑːʒ/noun1an 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 幻景;海市蜃楼2a hope or wish that you cannot make happen because it is not realistic 幻想;妄想SYN
illusion
◆His idea of love was a mirage.他的爱情观不现实。miragemiragesmir·age/ˈmɪrɑːʒ;mɪˈrɑːʒ; NAmEməˈrɑːʒ/
1an effect caused by hot air in a desert, which makes you think that you can see objects when they are not actually there2a dream, hope, or wish that cannot come trueSYN illusion: Perhaps we are just chasing a mirage.
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