mirage

mirage

英 ['mɪrɑːʒ; mɪ'rɑːʒ]
　　美 [mə'rɑʒ]

n. 海市蜃樓；幻想，妄想

中文詞源：

mirage 幻景，海市蜃樓

可能來自miracle,奇跡，引申詞義幻景，海市蜃樓。或來自mirror,鏡子，引申詞義反射，反射體。

例句：

1. The girl was a mirage, cast up by his troubled mind.
那個女孩是他的幻覺，是他那憂鬱不安的頭腦妄想出來的。

2. It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
它在他眼前晃動，好像海市蜃樓裡的綠洲。

3. The objectivity of science is a mirage.
所謂科學的客觀性是一種幻想。

4. His idea of love was a mirage.
他的愛情觀不現實。

5. Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.
也許我們都隻是在追逐一個幻想.