Utopia, the perfect society, is unattainable, for there is no such thing.

乌托邦这个完美的社会，则是可望不可及的海市蜃楼。

It's kind of a snare and a delusion to outguess macroeconomic cycles.

它像是海市蜃楼，意图战胜宏观经济循环。

Koyaanisqatsi, life out of balance, a false paradise, a mirage.

科亚尼，失衡的生活，一个虚假的天堂，一个海市蜃楼。

I can conjure them but they are mirages only.

我尽可以把这些人变出来，可他们就像海市蜃楼般的幻景。

Of course, at the moment, these buildings seem less like real residential spaces, and rather more like chimeras.

当然，就目前而言，这些建筑看起来不太像真正的住宅空间，而更像是海市蜃楼。

That makes Japan's consistent current-account surplus, which should in theory prop up the currency, something of a mirage.

这使得日本持续的经常账户盈余（在理论上本应支撑日元汇率）变得像海市蜃楼一样没有实际用处。

What shortcuts are we attempting to take that are not shortcuts, but rather mirages of greed, laziness, or impatience?

我们试图走的哪些捷径其实不是捷径，而是贪婪、懒惰或急躁的海市蜃楼？

And today's story getting a 10 out of 10, a mirrored mirage and a camouflaged crib in Joshua Tree National Park.

又到了今天的“最后一分钟”环节，约书亚树国家公园中，有一座镜像屋，如海市蜃楼一般，也如一张隐蔽的婴儿床一般。

Hedge-fund executives have already reacted angrily to “The Hedge Fund Mirage”, which suggests that looking into the mirror may be painful.

对冲基金总裁们已经对《对冲基金的海市蜃楼》一书表示愤怒，这显示了要面对镜子里的自己是痛苦的。

Or are we perhaps just chasing a mirage?

或者我们也许只是在追逐海市蜃楼？

He wrote of justice as an empty formula, a mirage and as meaningless.

他写道，正义是一个空洞的公式，一个海市蜃楼，毫无意义。

I drove my feet through a desert Whose mirage fluttered like a host.

我驱车穿过沙漠 那里的海市蜃楼像主人一样飘动。

And then also which of the consequences are a mirage?

然后哪些后果又是海市蜃楼呢？

I mean, I'm very scared of mirages in general.

我的意思是，我一般对海市蜃楼非常害怕。

By the way, she also falls for the mirage of her dead mother.

顺便说一下，她还陷入了已故母亲的海市蜃楼中。

And it seemed almost a mirage, for definite outline was gone from it.

这几乎像是一种海市蜃楼，因为它已经没有了明确的轮廓。

You know to me it's a mirage from the first two weeks.

你知道，从前两周开始，这只是海市蜃楼。

Like a desert mirage, it blends into the dunes, elusive and full of secrets.

犹如沙漠海市蜃楼，融入沙丘之中，难以捉摸，充满秘密。

The mirage of real food is around, but it doesn't really exist.

真正的食物的海市蜃楼似乎存在，但其实并不存在。

It is a kaleidoscopic mirage of analytical optics that disguises the heap within.

它是分析光的万花筒般的海市蜃楼，掩盖了里面的堆积物。