1.a belief that something that you want to be true is true
1.You'd think we'd know better by now, but each new administration seems to succumb to this familiar form of wishful thinking.
你也许会认为现在我们学乖了，但似乎每一届政府都还在做着同样的梦。
2.That statement also could be interpreted as a bit of wishful thinking.
我们也可以将这一评价理解为有点一厢情愿。
3.Over the years, similar assessments have been issued with some regularity. They turned out to be wishful thinking.
这些年来，每隔一段时间就有人发表类似的评估，但终归只是一厢情愿。
4.It is likely to be undone by the sort of wishful thinking that prevented the government from acknowledging the trouble sooner.
一种阻止政府较快地承认困难的愿望式的思维可能会失败的。
5.But some investors with long experience of the company warn that this could be wishful thinking.
但有些长期与雅虎打交道的投资者警告，这可能只是一厢情愿而已。
6.However, all this may only be tied to a bit of wishful thinking and a bit of hope.
然而，这一切，可能只能是冥冥的一点点妄想以及一点点希望。
7.But I guess that would be too much to ask, too much of a case of wishful thinking.
但是我想这个会有太多的要求，太多一厢情愿的情况。
8.Publishers would like Microsoft to exclusive index their content to pay large sums of money, but this can only be their wishful thinking.
出版商希望微软为独家索引他们的内容支付巨额资金，但这可能仅仅是他们的一厢情愿而已。
9.Probably this is all my fault. perhaps it is only my own wishful thinking to image that he and me didn't have a relationship.
也许这是我的错。也许只是我一厢情愿地想象出和他之间根本不存在的一段关系。
10.Most people believe that fiscal consolidations are helpful in the long run. Expecting them to be painless looks like wishful thinking.
大部分人认为财政整顿从长远来看是有益的，然而希望其实施过程不会伴随着痛苦则似乎有些痴心妄想。