If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.
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It has long been everyone's dream
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A little more tangible (可觸摸的 ), a little less of a dream.
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N-COUNT
夢
A dream is an imaginary series of events that you experience in your mind while you are asleep.
例句
He had a dream about Claire...
他夢見了克萊爾。
I had a dream that I was in an old study, surrounded by leather books.
我夢見我在一間古老的書房里,四周全是皮裝書。
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VERB
做夢;夢見;夢到
When you dream, you experience imaginary events in your mind while you are asleep.
例句
Ivor dreamed that he was on a bus...
艾弗夢見他在一輛公共汽車上。
She dreamed about her baby.
她夢見了她的寶寶。
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N-COUNT
夢想;幻想;愿望
You can refer to a situation or event as a dream if you often think about it because you would like it to happen.
例句
He had finally accomplished his dream of becoming a pilot...
他最終實現(xiàn)了成為一名飛行員的夢想。
My dream is to have a house in the country...
我夢想在鄉(xiāng)間擁有一棟房子。
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VERB
夢想;渴望
If you often think about something that you would very much like to happen or have, you can say that you dream of it.
例句
As a schoolgirl, she had dreamed of becoming an actress...
她上學(xué)時曾夢想成為一名女演員。
For most of us, a brand new designer kitchen is something we can only dream about...
對我們大多數(shù)人來說,一間嶄新的由著名設(shè)計師設(shè)計的廚房只能是一種夢想。
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ADJ
理想的;夢幻般的;完美的
You can use dream to describe something that you think is ideal or perfect, especially if it is something that you thought you would never be able to have or experience.
例句
He had his dream house built on the banks of the river Bure.
他在布爾河畔建造了他的夢幻屋。
...a dream holiday to Jamaica.
牙買加夢幻之旅
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N-SING
理想;夙愿;夢寐以求的事物
If you describe something as a particular person's dream, you think that it would be ideal for that person and that he or she would like it very much.
例句
Greece is said to be a botanist's dream...
據(jù)說希臘是植物學(xué)家夢寐以求的地方。
He's every girl's dream!
他是所有姑娘的夢中情人！
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N-SING
美妙的事;美好的事
If you say that something is a dream, you mean that it is wonderful.
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N-COUNT
空想;胡思亂想
You can refer to a situation or event that does not seem real as a dream, especially if it is very strange or unpleasant.
例句
When the right woman comes along, this bad dream will be over.
當(dāng)有合適的女人出現(xiàn)時,這種胡思亂想就會停止了。
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VERB
絕不;無論如何也不
If you say that you would not dream of doing something, you are emphasizing that you would never do it because you think it is wrong or is not possible or suitable for you.
例句
I wouldn't dream of making fun of you...
我絕不會取笑你。
My sons would never dream of expecting their clothes to be ironed.
我的幾個兒子從不指望別人幫他們熨好衣服。
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VERB
想到;料到
If you say that you never dreamed that something would happen, you are emphasizing that you did not think that it would happen because it seemed very unlikely.
例句
I never dreamed that I would be able to afford a home here...
我從沒想到我在這兒能買得起房子。
Who could ever dream of a disaster like this?...
誰能想到會發(fā)生這樣的災(zāi)難？
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PHRASE
癡心妄想
If you tell someone to dream on, you mean that something they are hoping for is unlikely to happen.
例句
'Perhaps one day I may go on a relaxing holiday.' — 'Yeah, dream on.'
“也許有一天我可以享受一個放松身心的假期。”——“是啊,你就做夢吧。”
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PHRASE
心不在焉;夢游般地
If you say that you are in a dream, you mean that you do not concentrate properly on what you are doing because you are thinking about other things.
例句
All day long I moved in a dream.
整整一天我都心不在焉。
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PHRASE
夢幻般地;美妙地;完美地
If you say that someone does something like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
例句
She cooked like a dream...
她烹飪技藝精湛。
His ship had sailed like a dream.
他的船行駛十分順暢。
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PHRASE
理想中的;完美的
If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
例句
This could be the man of my dreams.
這就是我理想中的男子。
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PHRASE
（強調(diào)極為奇怪或完全不可能）再怎么想也
If you say that you could not imagine a particular thing in your wildest dreams, you are emphasizing that you think it is extremely strange or unlikely.
例句
Never in my wildest dreams did I think we could win.
我做夢也沒想到我們會贏。
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PHRASE
超出想象的;比希望中要好的
If you describe something as being beyond your wildest dreams, you are emphasizing that it is better than you could have imagined or hoped for.
例句
She had already achieved success beyond her wildest dreams.
她已經(jīng)取得超乎想象的成功。