Walter Mitty

Walter Mitty

美 [ˌwɔltər ˈmɪti] 　英 [ˌwɔːltə(r) ˈmɪti]

• n.幻想多彩生活的人
• 网络有幻想症的人；米蒂；华特米蒂

词形变化

复数：Walter Mitties  

英汉解释

n.	1. someone who imagines that unusual or exciting things happen to them, but whose life is in fact very ordinary

例句

His Walter Mitty dream, as he said once, was to take his boat and leave "the daily flow of this miserable world" .

他曾经说过，他每天都做的白日梦就是能驾着他的船离开这个“每天充斥着痛苦的世界上”。

He sounds very impressive when he talks about his adventures and achievements, but it's all fantasy. He's a Walter Mitty.

当他谈论自己的冒险和成就时，听上去给人留下了深刻的印象，但这些都是凭空想像的。他只是个逃避现实、喜欢空想的人。

He will also star in a Steven Spielberg remake of the 1947 comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty .

他还将与史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格合作，重拍1947年的喜剧《瓦尔特·米蒂的秘密生活》。

Professor Chang is a Walter Mitty about becoming the president of China.

张教授爱做中国总统的白日梦，但他没有领导的才能。

The story ends with the inscrutable Walter Mitty awaiting this romantic death.

故事的结局，等待这浪漫死亡的高深莫测的沃尔特·米蒂。

He is a Walter Mitty in reverse: He is a famous man who has fantasies of being ordinary.

他是一个与别的空想家相反的空想家：他是一个名人，却幻想自己是个普通人。

I am neither a licensed pilot nor a natural-born killer. But this was a Walter Mitty dream of combat come true -

我既非有照飞行员，亦非天生杀手。可是这个经验真的实现了英雄幻想式的梦想。

(Something about the act of running, and the chemicals it releases in the brain, brought out these Walter Mitty imaginings. )

（跑步这一动作会使大脑释放出某种化学物质，从而产生像沃尔特·米蒂那样的幻想。）

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

沃尔特·米蒂的秘密生活