Mirage

(noun.) something illusory and unattainable.

(noun.) an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects.

艾米编辑

• They sought in him the philosopher king--that mirage which, as we have noted, Confucius and Plato had sought in their day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Each man carries within himself the cause of his own mirages. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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