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| 1 | something that you experience in your mind while you are sleeping. A dream in which frightening things happen is called a bad dream or a nightmare 梦；睡梦 |
| have a dream I had some very strange dreams last night. 我昨晚做了一个很奇怪的梦。 |
| in a dream The idea came to him in a dream. 他在梦里想到了这个主意。 |
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| 2 | something good that you hope you will have or achieve in the future 梦寐以求的好事 |
| +of She watched her dreams of success slip away before her eyes. 她眼看着自己梦寐以求的成功机会擦肩而过。 |
| | 2a | used about things that are the best you can imagine 完美的；梦寐以求的 | | a dream job/ holiday/ home/ 梦寐以求的工作/假日/家庭 | |
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| - | beyond your (wildest) dreams
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| much better than you imagined or hoped |
| 超乎想象的；出乎意料的 |
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| The amount of money we raised was beyond our wildest dreams. 我们筹集到的钱的数目之大完全超出了我们的意料。 |
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| - | a dream informal
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| someone or something that you like very much |
| 非常喜欢的人（或事物） |
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| Driving this car is a dream. 开这辆轿车妙极了。 |
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| - | a dream come true
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| something that happens that you have always hoped for |
| 梦想成真 |
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| Meeting you is a dream come true for me. 见到你让我梦想成真。 |
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| - | in a dream
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| not paying attention to what is happening around you because you are thinking about something else |
| （因在考虑其他事而）出神 |
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| - | in your dreams humorous
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| used for saying that something is unlikely to happen |
| 痴心妄想；不可能 |
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| - | like a dream
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| 1 | very well or very successfully 很好地；很成功地 | The interview went like a dream. 面试很顺利。 | |
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| 2 | very strange , like the things that happen in dreams 如梦如幻 |
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| - | not/never in your (wildest) dreams
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| used for saying that something is much better than you expected or hoped |
| 做梦也想不到 |
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| Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen. 我做梦也想不到会发生这样的事。 |
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| - | of your dreams
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| used about someonesomething that you think is perfect |
| 完美的；理想的 |
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| Into the bar walked the girl of his dreams. 他理想中的女孩走进了酒吧。 |
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| - | sb’ s dream
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| what a particular type of person wants more than anything else |
| （某人的）梦想，梦寐以求的东西 |
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| It’ s every schoolboy’ s dream to play football for his country. 为自己的国家踢足球是每个男生的梦想。 |
| He was a cute kid – an advertiser’ s dream. |
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