I think wishful thinking caused us to put up the site an hour or two before it was ready.

不切实际的想法让我们在网站真正准备好之前一两个小时就把它上了线。

youdao

It was wishful thinking at the time, but I knew that I wanted to fulfill those plans sooner rather than later.

在那时，那不过是痴心妄想，但是我知道我想要尽快地实现我的计划而不是推迟。

youdao

While the mandates for corn ethanol have been met, I said quite explicitly from the start that the cellulosic ethanol mandates were wishful thinking, and that there was practically zero chance of meeting the targets.

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