Therefore, making them have great achievements may just be a wishful thinking on parents' part.

因而想使他们有较大成就也只能是一厢情愿而已。

youdao

I've got a feeling that Alex likes me, but that might just be wishful thinking.

我有一种感觉：亚历克斯喜欢我。但那可能只是我一相情愿的想法。

《牛津词典》

In such a context, viewing science as a driver for peace may be wishful thinking.

在这种语境下，把科学视为和平的推动者可能是一厢情愿的思维。

youdao

Obviously, a bit of wishful thinking is inevitable in a losing presidential campaign.

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Considering the modest claims made by the author of the plan, as well as the sharp questioning of even those claims by many eminent economists, it would require a heavy dose of wishful thinking to regard QE2 as a potent remedy for the ills of the real economy.

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Further work is needed to prove that this is, indeed, a picture of MPL and not wishful thinking over a grainy handful of pixels.

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