| 单词 | wishful thinking |
| 释义 | wishful thinkingSEE SYNONYMS FOR wishful thinking ON THESAURUS.COM nouninterpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not. Origin of wishful thinkingFirst recorded in 1925–30 OTHER WORDS FROM wishful thinkingwishful thinker, nounWords nearby wishful thinkingwishbone, wishbone boom, wishful, wish fulfillment, wish fulfilment, wishful thinking, wishing well, wish list, wish on, wisht, wish-wash Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for wishful thinkingwishful thinking nounthe erroneous belief that one's wishes are in accordance with reality Derived forms of wishful thinkingwishful thinker, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with wishful thinkingwishful thinking Interpreting matters as one would like them to be, as opposed to what they really are. For example, Matthew wanted to be a basketball player, but with his height that was wishful thinking. This term comes from Freudian psychology of the mid-1920s and soon began to be used more loosely. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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