| 词汇 | example_english_wishful-thinking |
| 释义 | Examples of wishful thinkingThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. In a sense, caps are the embodiment of wishfulthinking. Such a reading of history, however, would be little more than wishfulthinking. He considers them to be driven by ideology and guilty of wishfulthinking. However, the dangers of such wishfulthinking, and of surrendering her subjectivity, are more apparent than ever. There is perhaps an element of necromantic wishfulthinking. This phenomenon was labeled "overconfidence bias" or "miscalibration" and was attributed to confirmation biases or wishfulthinking. It seems to me that the 'cross-cultural communicative ability' alluded to here is, in the best of cases, akin to wishfulthinking. But the strategy they advocated contained a considerable amount of wishfulthinking. Whether a justifiable prediction or wishfulthinking, the neurosciences have gained momentum. How much of this was wishfulthinking or an exercise in self-promotion? Rather, we need to build complexity into the models if we want them to reflect reality (rather than wishfulthinking or traditional disciplinary boundaries). People may convince themselves, through wishfulthinking, that they really do not want that third beer. His entire discourse on relatedness, trustworthiness, and commitment proved nothing more than wishfulthinking. However, wishfulthinking and imperceptive, but nonetheless ingenuous, hopes dominate what should have been meticulous scholarship. This position has attracted criticism from some for appearing to turn legal theory into a form of wishfulthinking. A life based on wishfulthinking, while perhaps not necessarily positively immoral, does seem, surely, to be less than morally ideal. Her beliefs are unjustified and irrational, however, because they are the product of wishfulthinking. Their argument is a combination of loosely empirical considerations and wishfulthinking. Wouldn't this allow wishfulthinking to replace epistemic norms, so long as it proved more satisfying? Whingeing and wishfulthinking over, this study works wonderfully on many levels. But such a general model must be qualified at every point by local variations and specific conditions, rather than constructed around ideal types and wishfulthinking. It is of course possible to possess beliefs as a result of fantasizing and wishfulthinking, or to come to possess them as the result of brainwashing. But this pie is large : there seems to be more than enough wishfulthinking for everyone to share. Much of the scientific dream literature targeted at the general public after 1880 criticized older or popular models according to which the dream fulfilled the wishfulthinking of waking life. In only fourteen cases was 'wishfulthinking' or an unrealistic attitude to the possibility of pregnancy an important cause. To suggest that policies can be detached from their metaphysical foundations is, at best, wishful thinking and, at worst, a surrender of the academic subject's traditional task of combating injustice. Despite the 'wishfulthinking' of some observers, reports that had recently crossed his desk noted that guerrilla activity was ineffective and over-valued because of poor training and leadership. There is no more room for wishfulthinking and other delays. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is therefore nothing more than a political gesture and wishfulthinking. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But on the subject of the refugees, your comments are more like wishfulthinking than an actual policy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But that is wishfulthinking at the moment. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We hope, of course, that it will need to be deployed as little as possible, but that is wishfulthinking. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This is no more than wishfulthinking in the run-up to elections. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We should talk about them openly because we are dealing here with reality and not wishfulthinking. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We have too many scars to believe that is anything more than wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their figures are wishfulthinking and fairytale economics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In discussing an industry like the aircraft industry, and in discussing its production, there is a lot of wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To say that this is not speculation on a very big scale is wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, travelling in hope is one thing; engaging in wishfulthinking is another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is as simple as that, and no amount of wishfulthinking will make it otherwise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a matter of fact, a great deal of it is based on wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us be led astray by slogans and wishfulthinking into believing there is an easy way out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am one of those who believe that this is purely wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems that there is an element of wishfulthinking in the way in which the politician deals with the cinema industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I consider this part of the document to be dangerous, wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not wishfulthinking—it is a substantial commitment—but it involves hard choices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is true that there has always got to be a certain amount of wishfulthinking in the early management of any international concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is wishfulthinking and at the moment we are operating at the extent of known technology. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that there is a certain amount of wishfulthinking in that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the forecast for fixed investment looks optimistic, the forecast for exports is nothing less than wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Did he give that assurance, or is it mere speculation or wishfulthinking on the part of some small landlords? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is why, finally, the wishfulthinking of the unilateralists must be exposed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer to that does not lie in wishfulthinking or fantasies about massive repatriation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps at the time that statement was more wishfulthinking than fact, but the court could make it now a reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Right throughout, the whole thing is stitched through with wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall not get it by the increase of good will, leading to the spontaneous decline of armaments; that is unrealistic and wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that wishfulthinking or is that a declaration of policy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know whether it is wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, there are few areas of international politics in which, in my experience, it is easier to fall into the temptation of wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those are words well worth pondering by people who are inclined to indulge in too much wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not anyone who argues to the contrary guilty of wishfulthinking? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our judgment must be objective and unclouded by sentiment or wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope it lies with myself, but that may only be wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that the wording was just wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They did not say how they arrived at that figure; it appears to be guesswork or wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is wishfulthinking; it is a false hope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the nation's defence policy to be based on the kind of judgment that is no more than wishfulthinking is shameful, dangerous and irresponsible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is obviously wishfulthinking on my part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those ministerial hopes of unemployment flattening out and falling are exposed as wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The future for coal is guaranteed not by wishfulthinking but by the positive action of those who work in the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not just wishfulthinking; it is policy guidance that will shape the determination of every planning application. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a very difficult problem, and it will not be resolved on the back of ideological or wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a phrase allows no room for tentative guidelines, for lack of resources, for wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The assumption is that further management savings will fill the gap, but that is mere wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be wishfulthinking, but it is my opinion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot get rid of these things by the process of wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all guilty of allowing our economy to go on sliding, because of our wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But also we have the duty, in the cause of freedom and peace, of sizing them up realistically, without sentimentality, and without wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would require some fairly strenuous wishfulthinking to deny it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that this is all wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To believe that we will not have to face tremendous competition from them is nothing but wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But enough of the wishfulthinking that we would be able to achieve simplicity in the drafting of legislation! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This remark, too, bears all the hallmarks of that wishfulthinking to which he has accustomed us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Labour is about taking issues seriously and delivering services—it is not about protest votes, wishfulthinking or whingeing from the sidelines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not wishfulthinking or a dream that may be set to crumble before our eyes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If they are not observed, many points of the strategy will be just wishfulthinking. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They still have the impression that our borders remain porous and that the debate on immigration is still at the stage of wishfulthinking. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English So let us look at the poor and not just stick to wishfulthinking and words that ultimately convince no one. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This situation cannot be rectified with half measures or wishfulthinking or, of course, within the context of a market philosophy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That would make our life much easier, but it is just wishfulthinking and pie in the sky. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If not, we are simply indulging in wishfulthinking without submitting any concrete proposals. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That is wishfulthinking and it would be much better if the date did not appear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a lamentable exhibition of wishfulthinking without parallel in the history of our diplomacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was an element of wishfulthinking in his thesis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Long-term constitutional reform cannot be founded on wishfulthinking or on best-case scenarios. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All this will cost a great deal of money, and some of the claims made of savings may be based on wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this agreement wishfulthinking, or is there still a real chance? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It sounds to me very much like wishfulthinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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